Entry Word: masculine

Function: adjective

Meaning: considered characteristic of or appropriate for men <some people consider chest hair to be a particularly appealing masculine trait>

Synonyms male, manlike, manly, mannish, man-size (or man-sized), virile

Related Words boyish, tomboyish

Near Antonyms girlish, sissy; feminine, womanish, womanlike, womanly; emasculated, impotent, weakened

Antonyms effeminate, unmanly, unmasculine