# metrosexual

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌmɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ · frequency rank #85,516

## Definitions
1. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.
2. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals.

## Etymology
Blend of metropolitan + heterosexual, equivalent to metro- + -sexual. Coined by British writer Mark Simpson in 1994, it enjoyed a brief popularity in the early 2000s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/metrosexual