as in genderless
suitable to or for either sex
the androgynous hairdos favored by the hip an actor whose androgynous looks are at the heart of his appeal
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Recent Examples of androgynous
Elsewhere, traditional methods and a contemporary vision collide in Johnston of Elgin’s androgynous collaboration with Le Kilt.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
David Bowie personally appears on the cover of 24 of his solo albums, depicting himself as a bowl-cut heartthrob, an androgynous blond, a space alien in human disguise, a cigarette-smoking lounge creature, a sideways pair of legs, and an oddly undersized boxer.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Kristen Stewart has upped her layering game for 2026, using a traditional base garment—the white sleeveless tee—as the finishing touch on top of, rather than under, a shimmery dress, giving the look a cool, lightly androgynous edge.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
The androgynous cut was also popular with women climbers like Lynn Hill in the eighties.
—Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
David Bowie personally appears on the cover of 24 of his solo albums, depicting himself as a bowl-cut heartthrob, an androgynous blond, a space alien in human disguise, a cigarette-smoking lounge creature, a sideways pair of legs, and an oddly undersized boxer.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Kristen Stewart has upped her layering game for 2026, using a traditional base garment—the white sleeveless tee—as the finishing touch on top of, rather than under, a shimmery dress, giving the look a cool, lightly androgynous edge.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
The androgynous cut was also popular with women climbers like Lynn Hill in the eighties.
—Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for androgynous
Adjective
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Kristen Johnston played Sally Solomon, the mission’s tough enforcer who struggled hilariously with human emotions and stereotypical female archetypes, given that their alien species was genderless before coming to Earth.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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The genderless product is available in a range of colorways and in plain and tortoiseshell versions, all made in France from cellulose acetate and fully recyclable.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These disadvantages predict that unisexual species should go extinct within at most 100,000 generations.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
22 Mar. 2024
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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
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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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“Androgynous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/androgynous. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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