Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Without a gender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: ungendered, genderfree, gender-free, neuter
Antonyms: gendered, genderized, genderised
adj
Without a gender.
Without grammatical gender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: ungendered, genderfree, gender-free, neuter
Antonyms: gendered, genderized, genderised
adj
Without a gender.
Without sociocultural and psychosocial gender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ungendered, genderfree, gender-free, neuter, agender, agendered, neutrois
Antonyms: gendered, genderized, genderised
adj
Without a gender.
Without biological sex, or having had one's reproductive parts removed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ungendered, genderfree, gender-free, neuter, neutered, sexless
Antonyms: gendered, genderized, genderised
History
Etymology tree English gender Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English genderless From gender + -less (“without, lacking”).
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
