English · Word Candidate

bisexual

/baɪˈsɛk.ʃʊ.əl/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: bisexuals

Sense 1

Meaning · English

Sexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.)

Adjective

Examples

Skirt Club caters to bisexual or bicurious women. No men are allowed, but women with all levels of experience in same-sex sexuality, from bicurious to fully lesbian, are welcomed.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Meaning · English

Having both male and female parts, characteristics, or functions. — Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.

Adjective

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Meaning · English

A person who is bisexual.

Noun

Examples

Several chapters are devoted to the investigations of the origins and influences prevalent in the life of a bisexual with the latter portion of the book devoted to three extensive in-depth interviews with three bisexuals.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Meaning · English

An organism (that is, a species) which has male and female sexes.

Noun

Examples

The direct way to solve this dilemma is to study the inheritance of some specific features of genomic DNA of bisexual species by the genome of unisexual species . It seems possible to study this if the recent bisexuals resemble their ancestral […]

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “bisexual” mean?

Sexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.)

Is “bisexual” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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