gender: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with G · ends with R
Meaning of gender
noun
- countable, uncountable
Sex (a category, either male or female, into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).
- countable, uncountable
Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.)
- countable, uncountable
A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate.
- countable, uncountable
Synonym of voice (“particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs”).
Listed forms: genders.
Source: Wiktionary — gender.
verb
To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.
To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.
Listed forms: genders, gendering, gendered.
Source: Wiktionary — gender.
adj
Evoking positive feelings regarding gender, like gender euphoria or gender envy.
Example: This outfit I'm wearing feels gender as hell. It's incredible that I get to look this hot.
Source: Wiktionary — gender.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for gender.
noun
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
- grammatical gender
noun
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is gender in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of gender
G(2) + E(1) + N(1) + D(2) + E(1) + R(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of gender
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from gender
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