bi

B3I1
/baɪ/UK, US/biː/

noun

A biceps muscle.

“I'm straight, but my oldest sister is bi.”

CommonScrabble 4

Meanings

bi1

adjectivebi (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationclippingnot comparableslangClipping of bisexual.

    I'm straight, but my oldest sister is bi.

    Synonyms: AC/DC, ambisextrous, curious, flexible, Kinsey 3, open-minded, switch-hitting, versatile

  2. abbreviationclippingnot comparableslanguncommonClipping of bigender.
nounbi (plural bis)

plural bis

  1. abbreviationclippingslangClipping of bisexual: A bisexual person.

    For some reason, I'm feeling _very_ sensitive to bi-discrimination tonight. I'm really not trying to mock the points being made here, it's just that many of the same arguments can be turned around and used to describe the discrimination that bis face.

    1991 October 10, Ken Jones, “Re: Bisexual privilege? (Was Re: Tom Robinson Concert”, in soc.motss (Usenet)

    Synonyms: bisexual, bisexual, switch hitter, fence sitter, fence-straddler

bi2

nounbi (plural bis)

plural bis

  1. colloquialuncommonbodybuildingA biceps muscle.

    You cannot train your back without regard to your tris and bis.

bi3

nounbi (plural bi)

alternative pi

  1. A type of jade disk produced in ancient China.

BI4

nounBI (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of business interruption.
  2. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of business informatics.
  3. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of business intelligence.
  4. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismslanguncountableInitialism of bad influence.
  5. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of burning index.
proper noun
  1. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Bureau of Immigration.

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nouna heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals

Similar
bismuthatomic number 83
Broader
metallic elementmetal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

bi · noun

  1. Mandarin璧
  2. Englishbi

From Mandarin 璧 (bì).

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Translations

Dutch bi
  • bibisexual
Finnish bi, bisse
  • bibisexual
  • bissebisexual
French bi
  • bibisexual
German bi
  • bibisexual
Italian bisex
  • bisexbisexual
Japanese バイ
  • バイ (bai)bisexual
Polish biseks
  • biseksbisexual person
Portuguese gilete, bi
  • giletebisexual
  • bibisexual
Russian би
  • би (bi)bisexual
Spanish bi
  • bibisexual
Swedish bi
  • bibisexual

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

bi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bi

MLA

“bi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bi. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bi.

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