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Neuter

Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.

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Asexual 84% connected

Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

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Asexual 84% connected

Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

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Nonsexual 84% connected

Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.

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Nonsexual 84% connected

Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Gender 76% connected

Kind; sort.

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Sterilize 76% connected

To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.

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Unsex 76% connected

To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.

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Castration 74% connected

The act of castrating.

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Castration 74% connected

The act of castrating.

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Spay 74% connected

To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).

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Spay 74% connected

To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).

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Synonym 4

Alter 92% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Castrate 92% connected

To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sexless 92% connected

Having no sex.

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Spay 92% connected

To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 4

Feminine 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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Feminine 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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