homo
/ˈhəʊ.məʊ/US/ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
homo is the clipping of homosexual.
Meaning of homosexual
Noun
homosexual (plural homosexuals)
- A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
- It must not be understood that homosexuality is confined to women. Relationships of this type exist also among men, and in taki-taki are to be found words which are specific designations for male homosexuals, who are termed hantimąn, or awɛge.1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore, New York: Columbia University Press, page 32
- Synonyms:
- This section is divided into two tables, one containing synonyms that generally are not derogatory and one containing those that generally are. However, note that the non-derogatory terms can nonetheless be used derogatorily, and that some of the derogatory ones are often used humorously and non-derogatorily by gay people and others, of either sex* gay, invert, queer, same-sexer, only of men* company man, Uranian
Adjective (1)
homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)
- Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
Noun (1)
homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos)
- Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
- One quart of homo wholesale in glass equals one quart equivalent. Certain modifications were made in these relatives to adjust for variations in units per ...1956, Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station., Station bulletin, page 25
Adjective (2)
homo (not comparable)
- Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
- Regular homo milk was being sold out of stores in half gallons for 33 cents against 44 cents on regular homo milk on home delivery.1958, American milk review and milk plant monthly, volume 20, page 190
Noun (2)
homo (plural homos)
- A human.
- John, John, if you don't go you're no homo—no! You're only a fowl, an owl, a cow, a sow,—a doll, a poll; a poor, old, good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a Concord bog.1849, Edgar Allan Poe, X-ing a Paragrab, published 1850
Noun (3) capitalized: HOMO
HOMO
- Acronym of highest occupied molecular orbital.
- To be consistent with the terminology for solids, for molecules, we also call the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) the VBM and CBM, respectively.2016 April 26, Jie Ma, Lin-Wang Wang, “Using Wannier functions to improve solid band gap predictions in density functional theory”, in Scientific Reports, volume 6, →DOI, article 24924, page 2
Forms of homo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | homos |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more homo |
| superlative | most homo |
Origin of homo
Clipping of homosexual.
Clipping of homogenized.
From Latin homō̆ (“a human being, man, person”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. Doublet of gome, hombre, ombre, and omi.
Words formed from homo
Phrases with homo
Words that rhyme with homo
Questions about homo
- What does homo mean?
- Homo means of or pertaining to homosexuality.
- What is homo the clipping of?
- Homo is the clipping of homosexual.
- What part of speech is homo?
- Homo can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce homo?
- Homo is pronounced /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/ (UK).
Words near homo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: homo (page history and authors); HOMO (page history and authors); homosexual (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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