Phrase guide

opposite sex

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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1

noun

Meaning 1

Women in relation to men or men in relation to women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Heterosexual, or otherwise relating to a relationship between a woman and a man.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive

Examples

  • The divorce rate for opposite sex marriages is increasing.
  • He doesn't believe opposite sex friendships are possible.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الْجِنْس الْآخَر (al-jins al-ʔāḵar) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Belarusian: супрацьле́глы пол (supracʹljéhly pol) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Bulgarian: противополо́жен пол (protivopolóžen pol) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 異性 /异性 (yìxìng) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Czech: opačné pohlaví — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Danish: modsatte køn — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Dutch: andere geslacht — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Estonian: astassugupool — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Finnish: vastakkainen sukupuoli — the other gender to which one is referring
  • French: sexe opposé — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Galician: sexo contrario — the other gender to which one is referring
  • German: anderes Geschlecht — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Italian: sesso opposto — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Japanese: 異性 (isei) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Korean: 이성 (iseong) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Macedonian: спро́тивен пол (sprótiven pol) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Persian: جنس مخالف (jens-e moxâlef) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Polish: płeć przeciwna — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Portuguese: sexo oposto — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Russian: противополо́жный пол (protivopolóžnyj pol) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Serbo-Croatian: супротни пол — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Serbo-Croatian: suprotni pol — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Slovak: opačné pohlavie — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Slovene: nasprotni spol — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Spanish: sexo opuesto — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Swedish: motsatt kön — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Thai: เพศตรงข้าม (pâyt dtrong kâam) — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Turkish: karşı cins — the other gender to which one is referring
  • Ukrainian: протиле́жна стать (protyléžna statʹ) — the other gender to which one is referring