virile

virile

adjective

Definition of VIRILE

of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men <men were once expected to be interested only in such virile activities as hunting>

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

Related Words hairy-chested, hypermasculine, macho, ultramasculine; boyish, hoydenish, tomboyish; Amazonian, butch

Near Antonyms metrosexual, unmacho; effeminate, girlish, sissified, sissy; feminine, womanish, womanlike, womanly; emasculated, impotent, weakened; androgynous, neuter

Antonyms unmanly, unmasculine