Synonyms & related words for transgender

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of transgender. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to transgender

Explore words related to transgender — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include transsexual, transsexuality, transsexualism, cisgender, berdache, transphobia, intersex, tranny. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does transgender come from?

The word transgender breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: trans-, from Latin trans (“across, beyond”); and gender, from Latin genus (“kind, sort, birth”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.