Masculine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to men or boys; male.
  • adj. Suggestive or characteristic of a man; mannish. See Synonyms at male.
  • adj. Grammar Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to males or to things grammatically classified as male.
  • adj. Music Ending on an accented beat: a masculine cadence.
  • n. Grammar The masculine gender.
  • n. Grammar A word or word form of the masculine gender.
  • n. A male person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. pertaining to male humans, men:
  • adj. in many inflected languages:
  • n. The masculine gender.
  • n. That which is masculine.
  • n. A man.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of the male sex; not female.
  • adj. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
  • adj. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
  • adj. Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Male: opposed to female.
  • Having the distinguishing characteristics of the male sex among human beings, physical or mental; pertaining to a man or to men; of manlike quality: opposed to feminine: as, the masculine element of society; masculine spirit or courage.
  • As applied derogatively to women, unwomanly; bold; forward: as, her manners are coarse and masculine; she has a masculine air or stride.
  • Suitable for the male sex; adapted to or intended for the use of males: as, masculine garments.
  • In grammar, belonging to or having the characteristics of that one of the so-called genders into which the nouns, etc., of some languages are divided which includes as its prominent part the names of male beings; having inflections or forms belonging to such words: as, a masculine noun; a masculine termination. See gender.
  • In botany, relating to stamens: same as male, 2.
  • n. In grammar, the masculine gender; a word of this gender.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. associated with men and not with women
  • adj. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
  • n. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
  • adj. of grammatical gender
  • Equivalent
    virile    male    manly    butch    manlike    mannish    manful    macho    stressed    accented   
    Antonym
    feminine   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    virile    strong    robust    male    manly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    feminine    manly    natural    youthful    healthy    sexual    passionate