heterosexual

[ het-er-uh-sek-shoo-uhl or, especially British, -seks-yoo- ]

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality, sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of the other binary gender.

  2. Biology. of or relating to different sexes: heterosexual fraternal twins.

noun
  1. a person who is sexually or romantically attracted primarily to people of the other binary gender.

Origin of heterosexual

1
First recorded in 1890–95; hetero- + sexual

Words Nearby heterosexual

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British Dictionary definitions for heterosexual

heterosexual

/ (ˌhɛtərəʊˈsɛksjʊəl) /


noun
  1. a person who is sexually attracted to the opposite sex

adjective
  1. of or relating to heterosexuality

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