masculine
[adjective]
Synonyms: male, manlike, manly, mannish, virile

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Antonyms: effeminate, unmasculine
Related Words: macho

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English Thesaurus: male, masculine, manly, macho, man, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mas‧cu‧line /ˈmæskjələn, ˈmæskjʊlən/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin masculinus, from masculus 'male', from mas 'male']

1. having qualities considered to be typical of men or of what men do Antonym : feminine:
They’re nice curtains, but I’d prefer something a little more masculine.
She has a very masculine voice.
Hunting was a typically masculine occupation.

2. in some languages, a masculine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from feminine or neuter words:
The word for ‘book’ is masculine in French.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

masculine
adj.
VERBS be
ADV. distinctly, extremely, heavily, severely, uncompromisingly, unmistakably, very an environment which is heavily masculine the severely masculine cut of his suit
exclusively The ceremony is exclusively masculine.
overwhelmingly, predominantly | essentially | typically That's a typically masculine attitude!
inherently, intrinsically | overtly | aggressively He has an aggressively masculine approach to these questions.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

male adjective a male teacher, singer etc is a man. Male jobs are the kind of jobs that men typically do:
Most science teachers are male.
a male nurse
We are trying to recruit more women to do traditionally male jobs such as engineering.
masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman:
He had a very masculine face.
masculine aggression
manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong:
He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.
It isn’t considered manly to cry.
In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.
He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval:
On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.
Stallone always plays macho men.
He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

man an adult male human:
a young man
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
guy (also bloke/chap British English) informal a man:
She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar.
Alex is a really nice bloke.
gentleman formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man:
an elderly gentleman
Please could you serve this gentleman?
boy a young male person, usually a child or a teenager:
a teenage boy
lad old-fashioned informal a boy or young man:
When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.
youth a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval:
Gangs of youths roam the streets.
male formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The adjective male is much more common than the noun:
We are investigating the death of an unidentified male.
The condition is usually found only in males.
dude American English informal a man - a very informal use:
You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.
masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman:
He had a very masculine face.
masculine aggression
manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong:
He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.
It isn’t considered manly to cry.
In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.
He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval:
On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.
Stallone always plays macho men.
He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲