masculine
English Thesaurus
1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | gender, grammatical gender, |
| definition | : | a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness (noun.communication) |
2. associated with men and not with women (adj.all)
| similar | : | butch, macho, |
| definition | : | used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner (adj.all) |
| similar | : | mannish, |
| definition | : | characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman (adj.all) |
| also | : | male, |
| definition | : | being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation (adj.all) |
| also | : | masculine, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
3. of grammatical gender (adj.all)
| also | : | masculine, |
| definition | : | associated with men and not with women (adj.all) |
4. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable (adj.all)
| domain category | : | music, |
| definition | : | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (noun.communication) |
5. associated with men and not with women (adj.all)
| antonym | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | associated with women and not with men (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | masculinity, |
| definition | : | the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | maleness, masculinity, |
| definition | : | the properties characteristic of the male sex (noun.attribute) |
6. of grammatical gender (adj.all)
| antonym | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | neuter, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
7. associated with men and not with women (adj.all)
| antonym | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | associated with women and not with men (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | masculinity, |
| definition | : | the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | maleness, masculinity, |
| definition | : | the properties characteristic of the male sex (noun.attribute) |
8. of grammatical gender (adj.all)
| antonym | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | neuter, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
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