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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1. 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.

2. Orison Swett Marden:

   This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

3. Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi":

   It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.

4. Frank H. Crane:

   Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fibre.

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.