androgynous

/ænˈdrɑdʒənəs/

/ænˈdrɒdʒənəs/

If you describe something as androgynous, you are saying that you can't classify it as strictly male or female. If you are looking for an androgynous name, for example, choose Pat.

You can see the meaning of androgynous in its parts: In Greek, andros means "male" and gyn means "female." Someone who is androgynous has both male and female characteristics, and therefore may be mistaken for being a member of the opposite gender. Don't confuse androgynous with unisex, which describes objects or places used by both males and females, like a unisex restroom.

Definitions of androgynous

1. adjective

   having both male and female characteristics
   synonyms:

   bisexual, epicene

   having an ambiguous sexual identity

   gynandromorphic, gynandromorphous

   having both male and female morphological characteristics

   hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic

   of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs

   intersexual

   having sexual characteristics intermediate between those of male and female

   pseudohermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic

   having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex

   unisex

   not distinguished on the basis of sex

   antonyms:

   male

   being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

   female

   being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

   male

   for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

   antheral, staminate

   capable of fertilizing female organs

   phallic, priapic

   resembling or being a phallus

   priapic

   overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality

   young-begetting

   capable of fathering offspring

   female

   for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

   egg-producing, young-bearing

   capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring

   pistillate

   having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant

   masculine

   associated with men and not with women

   feminine

   associated with women and not with men
2. adjective

   relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance