tomboyish

tomboyish

adjective

Definition of TOMBOYISH

having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman <her father thought that ice hockey was a little too tomboyish for her, but her mother and older brother encouraged her to take it up>

Synonyms hoydenish, manlike, mannish, tomboyish, unladylike, unwomanly

Related Words gentlemanly, male, manly, masculine

Near Antonyms effeminate, girlish, sissified, sissy, unmanly, unmasculine, womanish, womanlike; distaff, petticoat

Antonyms female, feminine, ladylike, womanly