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masculine

/ˈmæskjələn/noun, adjective3 syllables

Masculine means: associated with men and not with women.

Synonyms for masculine15

adjective, as in associated with men and not with women

butch, macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, virile, mannish

adjective, as in (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable

also used for masculine

masc, Of a woman, tomboyish, unfeminine, unladylike

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Opposites of masculine

feminine, neuter

What does masculine mean?4

adjective

1

associated with men and not with women

2

(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable“a masculine cadence”

3

male (of grammatical gender)

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Masculine in a sentence

  • If you ask me, a t-shirt is very masculine.beatrixvasc
  • When you call me by masculine terms, it undermines my experience and truth.Nuel
  • When people use masculine terms for me, it feels deeply invalidating to my experience.Nuel
  • Russian nouns can be masculine, feminine, or neuter.ddnktr
  • Enjoyment, despite being a masculine word in gendered languages, is independent of gender.carlosalberto
  • What's a more masculine way of saying it?DJ_Saidez
  • He's the most masculine guy you could imagine.Nuel
  • How would you say it in a more masculine way?DJ_Saidez

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of masculine

as a noun

plural
masculines