Synonyms for malé
ˈmɑ leɪ, -limalé

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1. maleadjective

   Synonyms:
   boy, plug, manly, pin, masculine

   Antonyms:
   female, neuter

2. malenoun

   Someone of male, masculine gender, whether human, (sexual) animal or (sexual) plant

   Synonyms:
   pin, boy, masculine, plug, manly

   Antonyms:
   neuter, female

3. maleadjective

   Pertaining to or associated with men, or male animals

   Synonyms:
   boy, masculine, pin, plug, manly

   Antonyms:
   female, neuter

4. maleadjective

   Inherently characteristic of the male of a species

   Synonyms:
   plug, masculine, manly, pin

   Antonyms:
   neuter, female

5. maleadjective

   Of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector or pipe fitting

   Synonyms:
   masculine, manly, plug, pin

   Antonyms:
   female, neuter

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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 the depreciatory sense of unwomanly, rude, or harsh; as, a masculine face or voice, or the like; tho one may say in a commendatory way, she acted with masculine courage or decision. Manlike may mean only having the outward appearance or semblance of a man, or may be closely equivalent to manly. Manly refers to all the qualities and traits worthy of a man; manful, especially to the valor and prowess that become a man; we speak of a manful struggle, manly decision; we say manly gentleness or tenderness; we could not say manful tenderness. Mannish is a depreciatory word referring to the mimicry or parade of some superficial qualities of manhood; as, a mannish boy or woman. Masculine may apply to the distinctive qualities of the male sex at any age; virile applies to the distinctive qualities of mature manhood only, as opposed not only to feminine or womanly but to childish, and is thus an emphatic word for sturdy, intrepid, etc.

   See synonyms for FEMININE.

   Synonyms:
   manful, manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, virile

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1. malenoun

   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. male, male personnoun

   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. Maleadjective

   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. maleadjective

   being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

   "a male infant"; "a male holly tree"

   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

5. male, manful, manlike, manly, virileadjective

   characteristic of a man

   "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"

   Synonyms:
   anthropoid, potent, virile, manful, male, manly, manlike

   Antonyms:
   female, female person, intersexual, hermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic, gynandromorphous, unisex, young-bearing(a), gynandromorphic, feminine, bisexual, egg-producing(a), hermaphroditic, androgynous, pseudohermaphrodite, epicene, pistillate

6. maleadjective

   for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

   "the male lead"; "the male population"

   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

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. men

   the male gender

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maleadjective

   Synonyms:
   he

2. malenoun

   Synonyms:
   male animal

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1. maleadjective

   Synonyms:
   masculine, staminate (Bot.)

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1. List of paraphrases for "male":

   males, men, masculine, man, macho, small, boys, malee, roosters, male-dominated, hommes

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1. Paul Mahagi:

   The two male giraffes were fighting to become the alpha male. Its quite rare to see and really brutal to watch, you could hear the noises of the cracking when they hit their necks.

2. Van Pelt:

   We are concerned about the never-ending narrative about 'electability' that seems to indicate that a candidate must be white and male to win, this notion has been knocked down repeatedly with the election of Barack Obama and, despite Russian interference and pervasive sexism, Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote in 2016.

3. Chief William Bones:

   The suspect is a 30-year-old male, we don't know anything about his motive or reason for the crime tonight. The victims do include refugee families here in the Wyle Street Apartments, you can imagine this is a very tight-knit community here in this apartment complex. The attack had a devastating effect on the people. We're doing everything we can tonight to get them services, to get them through this evening and we'll be working with them in the days and weeks that follow.

4. Harold Bloom:

   I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike-and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two-are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.

5. Kane Brown:

   You can be whatever you want to be, I promise you that, i told them that I wanted to be a country singer and I am standing here at the CMT Awards with the male video of the year, baby!