same-gender

English

Adjective

same-gender (not comparable)

1. Restricted to members of a single gender.

   a same-gender school

2. Of, relating to, or between homosexual or bisexual men or women.

   Some people live in a same-gender relationship.

   • 2015 February, Chris Wienke, Rachel B. Whaley, “Same-Gender Sexual Partnering: A Re-Analysis of Trend Data”, in The Journal of Sex Research‎, volume 52, number 2, pages 162-173:

     A number of studies have been carried out in recent years to estimate the prevalence of same-gender sexual behavior among American men and women.

Synonyms

• Synonym: same-sex
• (restricted to members of a single gender/sex): single-sex/single-gender
• (of or relating to homosexual men or women): gay, homosexual

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “restricted to members of a single gender”): mixed gender
• (antonym(s) of “of or relating to homosexual men or women”): opposite gender, opposite sex, heterosexual

Translations

restricted to members of a single gender/sex

German: gleichen Geschlechts

of or relating to homosexual men or women

German: gleichgeschlechtlich (de)