TRANSSEXUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transsexual mean? 

• TRANSSEXUAL (noun)
  The noun TRANSSEXUAL has 2 senses:

1. a person who has undergone a sex change operation

2. a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex

  Familiarity information: TRANSSEXUAL used as a noun is rare.

• TRANSSEXUAL (adjective)
  The adjective TRANSSEXUAL has 1 sense:

1. identifying with the opposite gender from the one that one is born with

  Familiarity information: TRANSSEXUAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSSEXUAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who has undergone a sex change operation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

transexual; transgendered; transsexual

Hypernyms ("transsexual" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

transsexual (identifying with the opposite gender from the one that one is born with)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

transexual; transsexual

Hypernyms ("transsexual" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

transsexual (identifying with the opposite gender from the one that one is born with)

• TRANSSEXUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Identifying with the opposite gender from the one that one is born with

Derivation:

transsexual (a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex)

transsexual (a person who has undergone a sex change operation)