Description | A lesbian is a woman who experiences romantic, emotional, and/or sexual attraction to other women. This term is widely used to describe the sexual orientation of homosexual women.
Synonyms :
- Dyke (slang, sometimes reclaimed)
- Butch (often refers to masculine or androgynous lesbians)
- Femme (refers to feminine lesbians)
- Lez or Lezzy (informal, sometimes derogatory)
- Sapphic (literary)
- Bulldyker (slang, outdated)
- Tomboy (sometimes used for masculine lesbians)
- Lug (slang, rare)
- Muffdiver (vulgar, refers to a sexual practice)
- Lesbo (informal, often derogatory)
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