1. (noun)male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) Synonyms: male person Antonyms: female person, female, hermaphroditic, pseudohermaphroditic, intersexual, egg-producing(a), unisex, hermaphrodite, feminine, gynandromorphous, epicene, young-bearing(a), androgynous, pseudohermaphrodite, pistillate, gynandromorphic, bisexual
2. (noun)male, male person a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies Synonyms: male, male person Antonyms: female, female person, hermaphroditic, epicene, egg-producing(a), bisexual, feminine, gynandromorphic, gynandromorphous, pseudohermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic, androgynous, pistillate, unisex, hermaphrodite, young-bearing(a), intersexual
1. MALE We apply male to the sex, masculine to the qualities, especially to the stronger, hardier, and more imperious qualities that distinguish the male sex; as applied to women, masculine has often Synonyms: masculine, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile