Synonyms and antonyms of Gender in British Thesaurus

agender (adjective)

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

androgynous (adjective)

an androgynous person is neither clearly male nor clearly female

gender (noun)

formal the fact of being either male or female

gender (noun)

all male people, or all female people

gendered (adjective)

based on ideas about differences between men and women

gender-fluid (adjective)

referring or relating to a person who does not identify as male or female

gender identity disorder (noun)

a condition in which someone feels very strongly that they should be the opposite sex

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 males or females and so can be used when talking about either sex

gender-neutral (adjective)

relating to policies or ideas that seek to avoid or remove obvious distinctions between males and females

gender non-conforming (adjective)

behaving in ways that do not match the ways in which males or females are expected to behave

gender non-conformity (noun)

behaviour that does not match the ways in which males or females are expected to behave

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)

relating only either to males or to females

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

mixed (adjective)

for men and women, or for boys and girls

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 are considered by society or by themselves to be neither male or female

tranny (noun)

informal a transsexual or transvestite

trans (adjective)

informal short for transgender or transsexual

transexual ()

another spelling of transsexual

transgender (adjective)

relating to people whose sexual identity does not match traditionally accepted male and female genders

transition (verb)

when a person who is changing their gender transitions, they have a medical operation to change from being a man to a woman or from a woman to a man

transsexual (noun)

a man who wants to become a woman or a woman who wants to become a man, or someone who has done this by having an operation to change their sexual organs

unisex (adjective)

for both men and women