Synonyms for heterosexual
ˌhɛt ər əˈsɛk ʃu əlhet·ero·sex·u·al

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1. heterosexualnoun

   Antonyms:
   homosexual

2. heterosexualnoun

   Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

   Antonyms:
   homosexual

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1. heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straightadjective

   a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

   Synonyms:
   straight person, heterosexual person, straight, straightaway

   Antonyms:
   queer, homophile(a), homoerotic, lesbian, tribadistic, butch, transvestic, transgendered, homosexual, bisexual, gay, sapphic, transgender, pederastic, paederastic, transsexual(a), transvestite

2. heterosexualadjective

   sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

   Antonyms:
   butch, transgendered, queer, tribadistic, homosexual, pederastic, sapphic, homophile(a), homoerotic, transgender, bisexual, transvestic, paederastic, gay, transvestite, transsexual(a), lesbian

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1. List of paraphrases for "heterosexual":

   opposite-sex, hetero, straight

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1. David Lametti:

   This Bill targets something else entirely: people who are actively working to, and providing services designed to, change someone’s gender identity or gender expression to match the sex they were assigned at birth, or someone’s sexual orientation to heterosexual, these dangerous practices must end.

2. June Jordan:

   Lately... Americans have begun to understand that trouble does not start somewhere on the other side of town. It seems to originate inside the absolute middle of the homemade cherry pie. In our history, the state has failed to respond to the weak. You could be white, male, Presbyterian and heterosexual besides, but if you get fired or if you get sick tomorrow, you might as well be Black, for all the state will want to hear from you.

3. President Michelle Bachelet:

   This is a concrete step in the drive to end the difference between homosexual and heterosexual couples.

4. Executive Director Nate Monson:

   We know that kids don’t have a chance to ask questions in schools, when their health class rolls around and they’re talking about sex ed – they’re talking about just heterosexual students. For the first time ever in a lot of these LGBT kids’ lives they had a chance to ask questions about themselves.

5. Danielle Lindemann:

   The fact that, historically, the show has mostly featured White, conventionally hot, middle class, heterosexual people linking up with other people who are' like them' in those respect reflects broader dating trends but also broader inequalities in the United States.