variants or man-sized
Definition of man-sizenext

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Recent Examples of man-size The narrator of the story goes on to list her husband, four builders, and her two sons, who are no longer boy-size but man-size. Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2025 Flaherty scrupulously captured animal, water, and flora phenomena (Moana wrestling with a man-size tortoise and his brother Pe’a climbing the daunting heights of an arching coconut tree). Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for man-size
male
Adjective
  • Of the 231 perpetrators, 229 were men; 207 of the victims were women killed by a current or former male partner.
    Conor Wight, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Both men and women have taken on these roles, although the male practitioners are more prominent in accounts from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Man-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/man-size. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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