macho
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Definition of macho
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: characterized by machismo : aggressively virile
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Synonyms & Antonyms for macho
Synonyms: Noun
machismo, manhood, manliness, masculinity, virility
Antonyms: Noun
femininity, muliebrity, womanhood, womanliness
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Examples of macho in a Sentence
Adjective
the macho world of footballNoun
their annual guys-only hunting trip is a celebration of machoRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Tales of apparitions and voices coming seemingly from nowhere are rampant amongst these macho, Latino men. — Tom Fowlks, Popular Mechanics, "The Floating Crane That Went From Tending Nazi U-Boats To Fixing the Panama Canal," 1 Aug. 2018 Thanks to influential runway collections from Calvin Klein, Gucci, and Vetements, and an overarching return to macho-guy style, the cowboy wardrobe has been making a slow and significant return into the menswear conversation. — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, "Cowboy Gear Worth Lassoing This Spring," 28 Feb. 2018 Rather than focusing on the brave macho cowboys who conquered the frontier, White turns her lens on those that story usually ignores: women and Native Americans. — refinery29.com, "Finally, A Western That's Not About A Dude & His Horse," 26 June 2018 Exposure to razzing and the game’s macho culture add to the pressure to stay with the status quo. — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, "Comfort or safety? For MLB sluggers, C-Flap helmet not so 'freakish,' but still a rarity," 30 May 2018 Sharp Objects also matches Camille’s drinking with Detective Willis’s, perhaps leading viewers to question why hers might seem pathetic but his is more natural, even macho. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Twisted, Enthralling Rot of Sharp Objects," 7 July 2018 While Journalists Were Mad at Michelle Wolf, the Justice Department Was Found Quietly Deleting References to Press Freedom Another version of that resignation is a very macho rejection: All that stuff with the inner life doesn't matter. — Clay Skipper, GQ, "How to Be Happy When You're Skeptical of Everything," 3 May 2018 There is still very much that image in documentaries and in television shows of this very macho, masculine, testosterone-driven, Indiana Jones-style character that goes out to some corner of the world. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "How Jurassic Park led to the modernization of dinosaur paleontology," 23 June 2018 And the country’s National Human Rights Commission has labelled the culture as macho and patriarchal. — Washington Post, "Mexican soccer fans and pride marchers mingle in celebration," 23 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
With the addition of La Familia in Canton, Connecticut now has its own dedicated spot for specialties like salteñas, pique a lo macho and sopa de mani. — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, "La Familia Brings Authentic Bolivian Food To Canton," 25 June 2018 Some were placing their bets on Joe Biden And others backed Donald Trump This macho sparring has cropped up before. — Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, "Why Twitter spat between Donald Trump and Joe Biden might hurt anti-bullying efforts," 22 Mar. 2018 In the office, only his perceptive assistant, Mary Johnson, sees beneath his macho-man swagger. — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "A gay love affair in '50s D.C. plays out to touching effect in 'Fellow Travelers'," 18 Mar. 2018 The two Howards are part of that apparatus, the meek Howard a paper-shuffler in the original world and the macho Howard a covert agent for the splinter world. — Mike Hale, New York Times, "Review: ‘Counterpart’ Gives Us J.K. Simmons, Times Two," 19 Jan. 2018 After that, law school at NYU, then a job at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the most decorated and macho of the city’s white-shoe firms. — Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Daily Intelligencer, "Does This Man Know More Than Robert Mueller?," 21 Jan. 2018 John Trengove's The Wound examines South Africa's hyper-macho and homophobic culture through a story of a closeted gay man tasked with initiating a teenage boy in the traditional ways of manhood. — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, "Oscars: How Real-World Events Could Impact the Foreign-Language Race," 8 Jan. 2018 Unlike Samsung’s macho-big Gear S3, its smaller, cheaper sibling will fit a range of wrists. — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, "Review: Samsung Gear Sport," 31 Oct. 2017 The Dodgers are trying to win the World Series, not some macho, turn-back-the-clock sentiment. — Tom Verducci, SI.com, "Clayton Kershaw's Masterpiece Elevates Dodgers over Astros in Game 1 of the World Series," 25 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'macho.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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macho
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English Language Learners Definition of macho
: having or showing qualities (such as very noticeable strength and aggression) that agree with traditional ideas about what men are like : manly or masculine in a very noticeable or exaggerated way
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