gender

/dʒˈɛndɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
2. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
   “she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus”

Synonyms for gender

• grammatical gender
• sex
• sexuality

Words that rhyme with gender

• tender
• render
• surrender
• fender
• slender
• bender
• pretender
• spender
• defender
• engender
• sender
• splendor
• weekender
• bartender
• blender
• contender
• lender
• offender
• suspender
• transgender
• vendor
• bittenbender
• brender
• brendor
• callender
• cavender
• challender
• eastender
• einbender
• ender