Amazonian

adjective

Definition of Amazoniannext
as in butch

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Recent Examples of Amazonian As consumer demand for ethical alternatives increases, this Amazonian innovation proves that sustainability and style can go hand in hand. — Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 The line’s partners include Pedro Miguel Schiaffino, an innovative Peruvian chef who led the trend in highlighting Amazonian cuisine. — Erica Silverstein, AFAR Media, 22 July 2025 Opossums and ocelots appear to team up on Amazonian nights, trekking through the rainforest together, according to videos captured by researchers at the Cocha Cashu Biological Station in Peru. — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2025 An 11-minute, 13-episode 2D satire in which an Amazonian trickster spirit launches anarchic eco-pranks to repel loggers. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2025 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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  • With their flamboyant costumes and choreography, the group became a pop culture phenomenon, targeting disco's large gay audience with camp fantasy characters of butch builders, bikers, cowboys and soldiers.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Gershon’s Corky, lithe and tattooed, ended up being the stuff of butch lesbian dreams — which apparently held true offscreen as much as on.
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 8 June 2026
Definition of butch
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  • 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
  • Both those films centered on women whose grim worlds were closing in on them — a tomboyish auto mechanic in Closeness; a nurse and the frontline friend who turns on her in Beanpole.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Definition of tomboyish
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  • The pressures to look a certain way — hypermasculine, muscular and stylish, for example, among certain subsets of gay men, can be just as harsh and punishing.
    — Stephanie Fairyington, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Cowboy hats, jeans, a lot of alcohol and bull riding combine into a special mix of hypermasculine rituals at Mexican rodeo shows.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of hypermasculine
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  • By the end of the 1970s, the band and movemenet were losing goodwill, loathed by both the hip disco cognoscenti and a reactionary macho counterinsurgence that culminated in the vinyl furnace at Disco Demolition Night in Chicago.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026
  • No amount of macho beatdowns in the UFC cage matches on the White House lawn will make anyone forget Epstein’s depredations.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Definition of macho
Adjective
  • Issues of potential fertility decline in this male population also need to be addressed, as well as signs of high testosterone including sleep issues, excess body hair, liver disease, weight gain and mood disorders.
    — Nina Shapiro, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Louis Mandylor appeared as Roger Carlucci, with Kevin Crowley as Elliot Tenney, two male friends who worked at the local bar.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
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“Amazonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Amazonian. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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