asexual

Adjective
Synonyms: nonsexual

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. not having or involving sex“an asexual spore”“asexual reproduction”Synonyms: nonsexualOpposite sexualSimilar fissiparous, vegetal, agamic, neuterRelates to sex, gender

Related words asexuality noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

A·sex′u·al (?; 135), adjective

Origin: Pref. a- not + sexual.

1. Biology Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

2. not involving sexual activity or sexual attraction; as, an asexual friendship.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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