ambisexual

Definition of ambisexualnext
as in androgynous
suitable to or for either sex The glasses were designed to be ambisexual, making them work with all sorts of styles.

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Recent Examples of ambisexual Ferris delivers that speech in the shower while wearing a punk’s shampoo Mohawk, then an ambisexual head turban. Armond White, National Review, 4 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambisexual
Adjective
  • Male midwives attempted to resolve this tension with their perfectly androgynous hands.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Prince, the at times outrageous, androgynous, one-man-band performer and producer, backed up his genius rep by pulling off one of the most unlikely coups in rock history after unleashing the multi-platinum 1984 Purple Rain soundtrack and Oscar-winning film.
    Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • These disadvantages predict that unisexual species should go extinct within at most 100,000 generations.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Adjective
  • One actor wanted a genderless role.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • The line is also designed to be genderless.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

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“Ambisexual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambisexual. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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