manhood
[noun]
Synonyms: manliness, masculinity, virility

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

man‧hood /ˈmænhʊd/ noun
[Word Family: noun: man, manhood, mankind; adjective: manly ≠ unmanly, manned ≠ unmanned, mannish; verb: man; adverb: manfully]

1. [uncountable] qualities such as strength, courage, and sexual power, that people think a man should have:
Why did he feel he had to prove his manhood in the company of women?

2. [uncountable] the state of being a man and no longer a boy ⇒ womanhood
reach/attain manhood
He had barely reached manhood when he married.

3. [uncountable] literary all the men of a particular nation:
America’s manhood

4. [singular] especially literary a penis

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

manhood
noun
ADJ. early, young
VERB + MANHOOD grow to, reach He grew from adolescence to young manhood.
prove It seemed they were fighting to prove their manhood.
PREP. in ~ He began to go bald in early manhood.

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