Meanings
plural queernesses
- countableSomething queer; an oddity.
- offensivepossiblyuncountableHomosexuality.
- uncountableThe quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
My queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district.
2023 June 26, Billy Lezra, “Opinion: Going sober taught me something about Pride”, in CNNSynonyms: queerhood, nonheterosexuality
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic كُوِيرِيَّة
- كُوِيرِيَّة (kuwīriyya)the quality of being queer
Finnish queerius
- queeriusthe quality of being queer
French queerness, queerité
- queernessthe quality of being queer
- queeritéthe quality of being queer
Irish aisteachas, aistiúlacht
- aisteachasthe quality of being queer
- aistiúlachtthe quality of being queer
- aiteachtthe quality of being queer
- aiteasthe quality of being queer
- greannmhaireachtthe quality of being queer
- suaithníochtthe quality of being queer
Polish queer
- queerthe quality of being queer
Cite this entry
queerness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queerness
“queerness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queerness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queerness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queerness.
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