as in masculinity
the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men
their annual guys-only hunting trip is a celebration of macho
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Recent Examples of macho
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 15 July 2025
The two world leaders work together to save the day in this breezy action comedy, and Cena and Elba are aces working their macho chemistry as rival frenemies.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
The 5-foot-10, 196-pound Alexander is a pretend macho, tough guy.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Set in Bogotá, the film explores masculinity through the story of Carlos, a sensitive teen confronting toxic gender norms in a macho environment.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 15 July 2025
The two world leaders work together to save the day in this breezy action comedy, and Cena and Elba are aces working their macho chemistry as rival frenemies.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Adjective
An ode to Arnold Palmer The rally, at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, named for the late champion pro golfer, was a macho and, at times, off-color affair.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
The 5-foot-10, 196-pound Alexander is a pretend macho, tough guy.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macho
Noun
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Maybe masculinity still does mean taking care of and protecting your partner, being the breadwinner and remaining stoic all the same.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Tate, meanwhile, is a former professional kickboxer who amassed millions of followers on social media while pushing his polarizing brand of far-right toxic masculinity.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Signs Your Child May Be Influenced This hypermasculine ideal has seeped into our mainstream culture to the point that muscle building goals are common among boys.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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And Hank’s own clumsy attempts at hypermasculine child-rearing often come from his father, Cotton (Toby Huss).—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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That is 212 pounds of manly priest.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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With Tim Walz’s camouflage cap and football-coach speeches failing to capture manly hearts and minds, Kamala Harris won just 42 percent of the male vote in 2024, compared with Joe Biden’s 48 percent in 2020.—
Christopher J. Scalia,
National Review,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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His womenswear collection, introduced in 1975, quickly became known for easy shapes and masculine cuts with feminine qualities.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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All research seems to indicate that this back-to-back joke from 1985 was the lodestar for the meme of a socially inept teen feigning virile worldliness with a gal in America's northern neighbor country.—
Jordan Hoffman Updated,
EW.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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During his campaign for reelection in 2024, Trump, who turns 79 in June, sold digital trading cards that featured virile depictions of himself as a cowboy, superhero and astronaut, among other images.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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News voices in the 1970's tended to be somber, accent-less, and almost exclusively male.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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When first responders arrived, the male witness took his dogs home and his wife went to alert Samadi’s husband at their home, the reports said.—
Pam DeFiglio,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Macho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macho. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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