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
3. (adj)Male the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands Synonyms: male person Antonyms: female person, female, young-bearing(a), intersexual, unisex, androgynous, gynandromorphous, hermaphrodite, gynandromorphic, feminine, epicene, egg-producing(a), pseudohermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic, pistillate, hermaphroditic, bisexual
4. (adj)male being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation Synonyms: virile, manful, manly, manlike Antonyms: female, female person, egg-producing(a), epicene, pseudohermaphrodite, hermaphroditic, androgynous, young-bearing(a), unisex, pseudohermaphroditic, bisexual, gynandromorphous, pistillate, feminine, gynandromorphic, intersexual, hermaphrodite
6. (adj)male for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys Synonyms: virile, manful, manly, manlike Antonyms: female person, female, epicene, pseudohermaphrodite, gynandromorphic, feminine, unisex, pseudohermaphroditic, bisexual, hermaphrodite, pistillate, gynandromorphous, intersexual, young-bearing(a), egg-producing(a), androgynous, hermaphroditic
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'male'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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
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