Meanings
comparative more hetero · superlative most hetero
- informalHeterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.
This novel depicts a hetero couple who are in love.
Synonyms: het, heterosexual, straight, breeder
plural heteros
- informalA heterosexual person.
You only have to watch Dominic West’s dancing in the film Pride for two seconds to understand that there are some things beyond a hetero’s range.
2018, Caspar Salmon, “Casting Jack Whitehall as a gay Disney character is an act of queer erasure”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHeterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.
antonym(s) of “heterosexual”
Origin
Clipped from heterosexual.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish hetero
- heteroheterosexual person
Dutch heteroseksueel
- heteroseksueelheterosexual person
Finnish hetero
- heteroheterosexual person
French hétéro
- hétéroheterosexual person
German Hetero, Hetera
- Heteroheterosexual person
- Heteraheterosexual person
Portuguese hétero
- héteroheterosexual person
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
hetero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hetero
“hetero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hetero. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hetero,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hetero.
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