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graysexual

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
  • UK: /ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.sjuː.əl/
  • US: /ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛkʃuːəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: neologism, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gray-A, gray asexual, gray ace

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A graysexual person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: neologism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Blend of gray + asexual, coined by user asexualityrocks in 2008 on the forums of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network about two years after the advent of gray-A and gray asexual.