Synonyms for manhood
ˈmæn hʊdman·hood

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1. manhoodnoun

   The state of being man as a human being.

   He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

   Synonyms:
   mankind, humanity

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1. manhood

   Synonyms:
   humanity, virility, maturity, manfulness, manliness

   Antonyms:
   divinity, womanhood, childhood, childishness

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1. manhoodnoun

   the state of being a man; manly qualities

   Synonyms:
   humanity, humanness

2. humanness, humanity, manhoodnoun

   the quality of being human

   "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"

   Synonyms:
   mankind, man, humankind, humanity, human beings, humanness, world, humans, human race

3. manhoodnoun

   the status of being a man

   Synonyms:
   humanity, humanness

Matched Categories

1. • Adulthood
   • Position
   • Quality

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1. manhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   virility

2. manhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   courage, bravery, hardihood, firmness, resolution

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1. manhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   maturity, majority, man's estate, manliness, fortitude, resolution, manfulness, virility, humanity, men

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1. List of paraphrases for "manhood":

   virility, manliness, masculinity

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How to use manhood in a sentence?

1. C. C. Colton:

   How small a portion of our life it is that we really enjoy! In youth we are looking forward to things that are to come; in old age we are looking backward to things that are gone past; in manhood, although we appear indeed to be more occupied in things that are present, yet even that is too often absorbed in vague determinations to be vastly happy on some future day when we have time.

2. But Stratton:

   It was very difficult for him to ask his father permission to leave [the lifestyle], his father wasn’t happy about it. In the tape, you can see his father basically ripping through Junior. ‘Where’s your dignity? Where’s your manhood?’ But then he changes at a certain point. He becomes a father, instead of the godfather and the boss of the Gambino family. He understand that the life he led can go one or two ways. You die in prison or you die on the street.

3. Wade Davis:

   I think that we have to get to a space where athletes, where men in general and where parents, mentors, teachers... start to stretch and force and crack the idea of masculinity open, sports leagues have an opportunity and a responsibility to continue to widen our definitions of manhood, knowing that the more that they create spaces for people to be more themselves, the better player they'll actually be.

4. Kevin Powell:

   This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury.

5. James Mattis:

   You got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.