Gender

agender (adjective)

identifying as having no gender, or as having a gender that is neither male nor female

an androgynous person is neither clearly male nor clearly female

the roles, behaviours, activities, and characteristics that a particular society considers appropriate for men and women

gender (noun)

all male people, or all female people

gendered (adjective)

relating to or intended for people of a particular gender

gender-fluid (adjective)

referring or relating to a person who does not identify as having a fixed gender

gender identity disorder (noun)

a former term for a condition in which someone feels very strongly that the sex and gender assigned to them do not match their gender identity; now called gender dysphoria

gender incongruence (noun)

a condition where someone is convinced that their true gender is different from the one indicated by their body or the one that has been assigned to them

gender incongruent (adjective)

convinced that your true gender is different from the one indicated by your body or the one that has been assigned to you

gender-neutral (adjective)

gender-neutral language does not refer specifically to a particular gender and so can be used when talking about people of any gender

gender-neutral (adjective)

relating to policies or ideas that seek to avoid or remove obvious distinctions between genders

gender non-conforming (adjective)

relating to someone whose appearance or behavior do not match the ways in which people of their gender are expected to behave

gender non-conformity (noun)

an appearance or behavior that do not match those associated with traditional gender roles

genderqueer (adjective)

referring or relating to a person who does not recognize gender differences but identifies as neither male nor female, or a combination of both

gender-specific (adjective)

relevant to or suitable for people of a particular gender

hermaphrodite (noun)

a person, animal, or plant that has both male and female sex organs

in mixed company ()

in a group that contains both men and women

intersex (noun)

the condition of having sexual characteristics that do not fit the typical definition of male or female

intersex (adjective)

having sexual characteristics that do not fit the typical definition of male or female

layperson (noun)

used instead of layman or laywoman when you want to say that the person could be a man or a woman

LGBTI (abbreviation)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans(gender) and Intersex: used to refer to people with those sexual and gender identities

LGBTQ (abbreviation)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans(gender) and Queer: used to refer to people with those sexual and gender identities

man (noun)

old-fashioned a person of either sex. Some people do not like to use this word in this way because they think it is offensive to women

the opposite sex (noun)

for men, women are the opposite sex, and for women, men are the opposite sex

sex (noun)

males or females considered as separate groups

sex (noun)

the group of features or qualities that make a person, animal, or plant either male or female

sexless (adjective)

neither male nor female

third gender (noun)

people who do not identify as male or female but as both, neither, or a combination of the two

tranny (noun)

informal a transsexual or transvestite

trans (adjective)

informal short for transgender or transsexual

transexual ()

another spelling of transsexual

transgender (adjective)

relating to someone whose gender is different from their biological sex

transition (verb)

when a person who is changing their gender transitions, they start living as a person of the gender they identify with

transsexual (noun)

someone who feels that their gender is different from their biological sex and wishes to change permanently to the gender they identify with

unisex (adjective)

for both men and women

Synonyms and antonyms of Gender in American Thesaurus