noun
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
• Syn: ↑homosexualism, ↑homoeroticism, ↑queerness, ↑gayness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑gay (for: ↑gayness), ↑queer (for: ↑queerness), ↑homoerotic (for: ↑homoeroticism), ↑homosexual
• Hypernyms: ↑sexual activity, ↑sexual practice, ↑sex, ↑sex activity
• Hyponyms: ↑inversion, ↑sexual inversion, ↑lesbianism, ↑sapphism, ↑pederasty, ↑paederasty
Useful english dictionary. 2012.