Amazonian

adjective

Definition of Amazoniannext
as in butch

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Recent Examples of Amazonian Miners use mercury to separate gold from impurities, poisoning Amazonian waterways that sustain indigenous communities and endangered wildlife. — Jhanisse Vaca Daza, Time, 6 June 2026 Kambo is a poisonous secretion from an Amazonian tree frog, used by some indigenous people as traditional medicine. — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 29 May 2026 Drilling down into specific examples where Netflix has had local impact, Sarandos floated Frontera Verde, a Colombian thriller for which 30 of the 150 crew members came from the local Amazonian community. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2026 Colombia's diverse geography, which includes the Andes mountains, Amazonian jungles, deserts and grasslands, contributes to the country's large bird population. — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for Amazonian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Amazonian
  1. butch
  2. tomboyish
  3. hypermasculine
  4. macho
  5. male
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  • Model/Actriz join in, with awesomely butch robot commands over the industrial beats.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Architecturally speaking, the Art Nouveau movement, which was mostly over by World War I, was a good start to the 20th century, considering the more concrete, less dreamy, more butch architecture that would come later.
    — Benjamin Moser, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • Alex, pointedly called Alexa by her mother (Florencia Lozano), who hates Alex’s tomboyish style, works in a bodega and looks after her brother a lot.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Embrace those tomboyish vibes with a coordinated set like Bella Hadid's powder-blue look, or give them a fashion-forward twist by pairing them with a statement top like Palmer.
    — Maggie Kreienberg, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Definition of tomboyish
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  • Many of Mifune's films cast him in hypermasculine roles, though Mifune’s performances were often layered.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The Tate brothers, who openly describe themselves as misogynists, built a global following by promoting a lavish, hypermasculine lifestyle through their social media empire.
    — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of hypermasculine
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  • Both the Smiths and mariachi music can drive even the most macho Mexican man to tears with their poetic lyrics and layered instrumentals.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Not that Georgian masculinity, with its macho, bellicose posturing and archaic codes of honor, is portrayed as anything other than fumbling and futile.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of macho
Adjective
  • Oral spironolactone, a hypertension drug, is often used off-label to block male hormone receptors, which can help with hair regrowth.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The resulting feature centers on the challenges, joys and intimate journeys of being born with a body outside the physical definitions of male or female, explored through the lives of intersex individuals in India, Brazil and the United States.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
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“Amazonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Amazonian. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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