AMAZONIAN Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

Amazonian

adjective

Definition of Amazonian

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

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Adjective

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
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

Definition of butch

Adjective

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

Adjective

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

Adjective

Set in the northern Italy’s Po Valley, Before the War revolves around a young man raised in a violent, racist and macho milieu, and his encounter with Sonia, a young Kosovar immigrant.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Both brothers have grown their following of mainly young men by building a lavish, hyper-macho image of driving fast cars and dating beautiful women.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of macho

Adjective

Funding from the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Grant identified an unknown male DNA profile in 2018, but no DNA matches were found in the state’s DNA database, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2026
Léo’s tenderly nostalgic reminiscences of past love affairs are slapped down by Emma, who brusquely dismisses his pleasant recollections as mere male projection.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

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