Virile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an adult male.
  • adj. Having or showing masculine spirit, strength, vigor, or power. See Synonyms at male.
  • adj. Capable of performing sexually as a male; potent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
  • adj. Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to a man as opposed to a woman; belonging to the male sex; hence, pertaining to procreation: as, the virile power.
  • Masculine; not feminine or puerile; hence, masterful; strong; forceful.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characteristic of a man
  • adj. characterized by energy and vigor
  • adj. (of a male) capable of copulation
  • Equivalent
    masculine    strong   
    Antonym
    nonvirile   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    virility   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    forceful    manly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cyril   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    manly    vigorous    masculine    forceful    vital    vibrant    masterful    robust    self-reliant    hardy