EGAVE

queer

About 4.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Homosexual. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. adjective Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
  3. adjective Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
    the queer community
  4. adjective Strange, odd, or different; whimsical.
  5. adjective Slightly unwell.
    I felt queer after eating those shrimp.
  6. adjective Drunk.
  7. noun A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
  8. noun A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.

Similar words

homophile homosexual poove funny fairy peculiar strange odd unusual singular

Often followed by

theory little and thing things old to way as

Word family

queered queerer queerest queering queerish queerly queerness queernesses queers

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