male
[adjective]
Synonyms: masculine, manly, virile

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Related Words: macho

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English Thesaurus: male, masculine, manly, macho, man, ...

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(also Daviyani)
the capital city and main port of Maldives, on Male Island in the Indian Ocean

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

I. male¹ S3 W2 /meɪl/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: masle, male, from Latin masculus; ⇒ masculine]

1. typical of or relating to men or boys Antonym : female ⇒ masculine:
a deep male voice
traditional male values
Motor-racing has largely been a male preserve (=something that only men have been involved with).

2. a male person or animal cannot have babies or lay eggs Antonym : female:
adult male bears
Many women earn less than their male colleagues.

3. a male plant or flower cannot produce fruit Antonym : female

4. technical a male plug has parts that stick out and that fit into a hole or socket Antonym : female

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II. male² W3 noun [countable]

1. a male animal Antonym : female:
The male is usually bigger and more brightly coloured than the female.

2. a man Antonym : female:
Police described her attacker as a white male aged about 25.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

male
adj.
VERBS be
ADV. entirely, exclusively The club is an exclusively male preserve.
largely, mainly, mostly, overwhelmingly, predominantly The workforce is predominantly male.
essentially an essentially male Western view of progress
typically | peculiarly He nodded with a peculiarly male satisfaction at her capitulation.
traditionally traditionally male interests

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

male
noun
ADJ. adult | immature, young | old | dominant the dominant male in the herd
large, powerful, strong
MALE + NOUN hormone | sexuality | chauvinism, chauvinist | identity, role
PHRASES the male of the species The male of the species has more brightly-coloured feathers than the female.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

male adjective a male teacher, singer etc is a man. Male jobs are the kind of jobs that men typically do:
Most science teachers are male.
a male nurse
We are trying to recruit more women to do traditionally male jobs such as engineering.
masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman:
He had a very masculine face.
masculine aggression
manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong:
He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.
It isn’t considered manly to cry.
In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.
He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval:
On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.
Stallone always plays macho men.
He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

man an adult male human:
a young man
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
guy (also bloke/chap British English) informal a man:
She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar.
Alex is a really nice bloke.
gentleman formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man:
an elderly gentleman
Please could you serve this gentleman?
boy a young male person, usually a child or a teenager:
a teenage boy
lad old-fashioned informal a boy or young man:
When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.
youth a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval:
Gangs of youths roam the streets.
male formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The adjective male is much more common than the noun:
We are investigating the death of an unidentified male.
The condition is usually found only in males.
dude American English informal a man - a very informal use:
You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.
masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman:
He had a very masculine face.
masculine aggression
manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong:
He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.
It isn’t considered manly to cry.
In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.
He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval:
On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.
Stallone always plays macho men.
He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.

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