genderqueer

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adjective

Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.

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non-binaryenby
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Meanings

adjectivegenderqueer (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.

    Synonyms: non-binary

noungenderqueer (plural genderqueers)

plural genderqueers

  1. sometimes considered offensiveSomeone who is genderqueer.

    I am a FAAB (female-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer, and I have a good friend who is a MAAB (male-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer.

    2013, Joe MacDonald, An Autoethnography of Queer Transmasculine Femme Incoherence and The Ethics of Trans Research, Emerald Group, page 145

    Synonyms: enby

verbgenderqueer (third-person singular simple present genderqueers, present participle genderqueering, simple past and past participle genderqueered)

present singular third person genderqueers · participle present genderqueering · participle past genderqueered · past genderqueered

  1. transitive(sometimes considered offensive) To make genderqueer.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.

Similar
non-binary

nounSomeone who is genderqueer.

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enby

Origin

From gender + queer. First known uses were in queer zines of the 1980s. Popularized in the 1990s including by Riki Wilchins.

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Translations

Afrikaans genderqueer
  • genderqueerhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Arabic جَنْدَر كُوِير, كُوِيرِيّ الْجَنْدَر
  • جَنْدَر كُوِير (jandar kuwīr)having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
  • كُوِيرِيّ الْجَنْدَر (kuwīriyy al-jandar)having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Chinese Mandarin 性別酷兒 /性别酷儿
  • 性別酷兒 /性别酷儿 (xìngbiékùr)having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Dutch genderqueer
  • genderqueerhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Esperanto genrokvira
  • genrokvirahaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
French genderqueer
  • genderqueerhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
German genderqueer
  • genderqueerhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Hindi जेंडर कवीर
  • जेंडर कवीर (jeṇḍar kavīr)having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Hungarian genderqueer
  • genderqueerhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Japanese ジェンダークィア
  • ジェンダークィア (jendaa kwia)having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Polish niebinarny
  • niebinarnyhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Spanish cuir, no binario
  • cuirhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
  • no binariohaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
  • queerhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
  • género cuirhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
  • género queerhaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Tamil பால்புதுமையர்
  • பால்புதுமையர் (pālputumaiyar)having a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Vietnamese đa dạng giới
  • đa dạng giớihaving a non-binary gender — see also non-binary
Cite this entry
APA

genderqueer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genderqueer

MLA

“genderqueer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genderqueer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genderqueer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genderqueer.

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