asexual (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *asexual*:
ADJECTIVE	all	asexual, nonsexual	not having or involving sex

asexual > pronunciation
Sounds	eyseh'ksyuwahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *asexual*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	not having or involving sex.
Examples	"an asexual spore" "asexual reproduction"
Synonym	nonsexual
Attribute of	sex, gender, sexuality	The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
Narrower	agamic, agamous, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic	(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
	fissiparous	Reproducing by fission
	neuter, sexless	Having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
	vegetal, vegetative	(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
Opposite	sexual	having or involving sex
Spanish	asexuado, asexual
Catalan	asexual
Nouns	asexuality	having no evident / evident sex or sex organs
Adverbs	asexually	in an asexual manner

HyperDic: asexual