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
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Adjective
  • From the start, the Call Me By Your Name star has favored androgynous elegance, romantic florals, and waist-cinching suits at movie premieres and press events.
    Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Sweeney had asked Tarantino to rewrite the script for the movie adaptation of It’s Pat, the SNL skit about an androgynous person, and in turn agreed to play the character Raquel, heir to Monster Joe’s Truck and Tow, in Pulp Fiction.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 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
  • This downtown store with genderless clothing, jewelry, ceramics, bags, and hats is the manifestation of René Holguin, a Ralph Lauren alum.
    Jason Sheeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
  • New this year was the genderless Moderniste collection, playing on faceted planes in polished and brushed gold, gem-set or not.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026

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“Ambisexual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambisexual. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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