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homophile

homophile adjective: reacting only with homologous antigens.

Adjective

homophile (not comparable)

  1. Reacting only with homologous antigens.
  2. (dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
    • It seems that many homophile Bostonians don't patronize Provincetown for various reasons. Wake-up you homophile brothers and sisters. You have a great resort in your own backyard.1978 August 19, R. Kirk, “Pro P'town”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 4
  3. (historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement emphasizing love over sex.
    • In so many of his opinions, he seemed a throwback to the respectable "homophile conservatism" of the 1950s. Odd for one so young.1979 December 22, Mitzel, “The Brill Files: Part II: Facts, Opinions, & Gossip”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 6

Noun

homophile (plural homophiles)

  1. An antibody that reacts only with homologous antigens.
  2. (dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of the same gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
    • ‘You see that dashing young homophile stood over there? The one with the highly commendable bone structure?’2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 323

homophile meaning in Tamil

homophile in Tamil

தன்பாலின வேட்கை

Antonyms of homophile

Forms of homophile

Adjective
alternative formhomophil
Noun
pluralhomophiles

Origin of homophile

From homo- + -phile.

Questions about homophile

What does homophile mean?
Homophile means reacting only with homologous antigens.
What is homophile in Tamil?
Homophile in Tamil is தன்பாலின வேட்கை. See Homophile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is homophile?
Homophile can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near homophile in the dictionary

  1. homophene
  2. homophenes
  3. homophenylalanine
  4. homophenylalanyl
  5. homophil
  6. homophile
  7. homophiles
  8. homophilia
  9. homophilic
  10. homophilically
  11. homophilous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homophile (page history and authors); homophile (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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