adj · noun · 3 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌmɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Blend of metropolitan + heterosexual, equivalent to metro- + -sexual. Coined by British writer Mark Simpson in 1994, it enjoyed a brief popularity in the early 2000s.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
метросексуален
(metroseksualen)
— man concerned with personal appearance
Catalan:
metrosexual
— man concerned with personal appearance
Chinese Mandarin:
都市美男
(dūshì měinán)
— man concerned with personal appearance
Chinese Mandarin:
型男
(xíngnán)
— man concerned with personal appearance
Czech:
metrosexuál
— man concerned with personal appearance
Danish:
metrosexuel
— man concerned with personal appearance
Dutch:
metroseksueel
— man concerned with personal appearance
Dutch:
metroman
— man concerned with personal appearance
Esperanto:
metroseksulo
— man concerned with personal appearance
Estonian:
metroseksuaal
— man concerned with personal appearance
Finnish:
metroseksuaali
— man concerned with personal appearance
Finnish:
hienostelija
— man concerned with personal appearance
Finnish:
keikari
— man concerned with personal appearance
French:
métrosexuel
— man concerned with personal appearance
German:
Metrosexueller
— man concerned with personal appearance
Greek:
μετροσέξουαλ
(metroséxoual)
— man concerned with personal appearance
Greek:
κλαρινογαμπρός
(klarinogamprós)
— man concerned with personal appearance
Hebrew:
מטרוסקסואל
(metroseksual)
— man concerned with personal appearance
Hungarian:
metroszexuális
— man concerned with personal appearance
Italian:
metrosessuale
— man concerned with personal appearance
Japanese:
メトロセクシャル
(metorosekusharu)
— man concerned with personal appearance
Lithuanian:
metroseksualas
— man concerned with personal appearance
Piedmontese:
gadan
— man concerned with personal appearance
Polish:
metroseksualny
— man concerned with personal appearance
Portuguese:
metrossexual
— man concerned with personal appearance
Romanian:
metrosexual
— man concerned with personal appearance
Russian:
метросексуа́л
(metrosɛksuál)
— man concerned with personal appearance
Serbo-Croatian:
метросексуалан
— man concerned with personal appearance
Spanish:
metrosexual
— man concerned with personal appearance
Swedish:
metrosexuell
— man concerned with personal appearance
Turkish:
metroseksüel
— man concerned with personal appearance
