Synonyms for epicene

Most common

soft · sissy · effeminate · unmanly · gynandromorphic · gynandrous · bisexual · gender-neutral

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Noun

Antonyms

masculine

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; of a human face, intermediate in form between a man's face and a woman's face.

2. adj. 2

   Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).

3. adj. 3

   Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.

4. n. 1

   An epicene person, whether biologically asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; an androgyne, a hermaphrodite.

Related words

Word family

epicenity

Forms

Plural

epicenes → intersexes, hermaphrodites, androgynes, gynandromorphs…

Example sentences

• soft The bread is cutting badly because it's very soft.
• sissy You're a bit of a sissy, aren't you?
• effeminate Sato's high voice and mannerisms are pretty effeminate.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

soft¹

5 letters

sissy²

6 letters

common², unisex³

7 letters

asexual⁴, unmanly

8 letters

bisexual⁴, intersex, sissyish

9 letters

androgyne, sissified

10 letters

effeminate⁴, emasculate⁴, gynandrous

11 letters

androgynous⁴

13 letters

hermaphrodite⁴, gynandromorph

15 letters

gynandromorphic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sissy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

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