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GQ

GQ is the initialism of general quarters.

GQ is the initialism of Gentleman's Quarterly.

GQ is the abbreviation of genderqueer.

Meaning of general quarters

Noun

general quarters pl (plural only)

  1. (US, plural, plural-only) A maximum alert level issued on a warship for all personnel to prepare for immediate combat; the state of a warship at maximum combat readiness

Meaning of genderqueer

Adjective

genderqueer (not comparable)

  1. Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.
    Synonyms:
    non-binary

See all 3 meanings of genderqueer

Adjective

GQ

  1. well-dressed and good-looking.

Questions about GQ

What does GQ mean?
GQ means well-dressed and good-looking.
What is GQ the initialism of?
GQ is the initialism of general quarters.
What part of speech is GQ?
GQ is an adjective.

Words near GQ in the dictionary

  1. GPUSA
  2. GPVA
  3. GPWA
  4. GPWS
  5. GPX
  6. GQ
  7. Gqeberha
  8. gqom
  9. GQP
  10. GQPer
  11. GQPers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: GQ (page history and authors); general quarters (page history and authors); genderqueer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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