Synonyms for masculine
ˈmæs kyə lɪnmas·cu·line

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1. masculineadjective

   Synonyms:
   manly, virile

   Antonyms:
   unmanly, epicene, effeminate, emasculated

2. masculineadjective

   Synonyms:
   male

   Antonyms:
   female, womanly

3. masculineadjective

   Antonyms:
   feminine

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1. masculine

   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:
   male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile

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1. masculine

   Synonyms:
   male, manly, manful, hardy, courageous, virile

   Antonyms:
   female, feminine, womanish, womanly, effeminate

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1. masculineadjective

   a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

   Antonyms:
   female, maidenlike, maidenly, feminine, unstressed, neuter, fair(a), powder-puff, distaff

2. masculineadjective

   of grammatical gender

   Antonyms:
   maidenlike, feminine, unstressed, distaff, female, maidenly, fair(a), powder-puff, neuter

3. masculineadjective

   associated with men and not with women

   Antonyms:
   distaff, powder-puff, maidenly, female, unstressed, maidenlike, neuter, fair(a), feminine

4. masculineadjective

   (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable

   "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"

   Antonyms:
   powder-puff, feminine, maidenlike, maidenly, unstressed, distaff, fair(a), neuter, female

Matched Categories

1. • Music

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1. masculineadjective

   Synonyms:
   male, of the male sex, not female

2. masculineadjective

   Synonyms:
   manly, virile, manlike, not feminine, not effeminate

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1. masculineadjective

   Synonyms:
   male, manly, virile, manful

   Antonyms:
   feminine

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1. List of paraphrases for "masculine":

   male, manly, virile, macho

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How to use masculine in a sentence?

1. Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation, 1966:

   What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

2. Kelly Dittmar:

   We're seeing gendered and racialized images and messages from both men and women candidates, some of the things we're watching in this regard are efforts to align with masculine preferences of a Trump base of Republicans.

3. Lao Tzu:

   Know the masculine, keep to the feminine.

4. Caroline Heldman:

   Transgender people expose the fallacy of the natural dichotomy of masculine/feminine, caitlyn’s transformation makes me so happy on one level, but on another level, it reifies socially constructed and damaging gender roles.

5. Kevin Gillespie:

   Gunshow is brash and masculine and over the top. And it doesn't care whether you like it in many ways. And it's kind of obnoxious, and it's very much me, revival is much more gracious. It's your grandmother's home, and she's going to do anything she can to make you happy and get you fed.