as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men
some people consider a deep voice to be a particularly appealing masculine trait
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Recent Examples of masculine
Gone are Beast & Bounty’s pastel tones and rose gold finishes, replaced with a more masculine motif.
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Any masculine scent that features slightly unconventional notes (like the fresh fig featured prominently here) always wins me over.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 3 Feb. 2026
Charley was being required by West Virginia law to play on the boys' team, against young men with Adam's apples, strong muscles, and masculine identities.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
What follows are some of their stories about the way gambling addictions prey on fandom, the convenience of online sportsbooks, and the masculine culture of competitiveness to corrupt the role of sports in their lives.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for masculine
Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Any masculine scent that features slightly unconventional notes (like the fresh fig featured prominently here) always wins me over.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 3 Feb. 2026
Charley was being required by West Virginia law to play on the boys' team, against young men with Adam's apples, strong muscles, and masculine identities.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
What follows are some of their stories about the way gambling addictions prey on fandom, the convenience of online sportsbooks, and the masculine culture of competitiveness to corrupt the role of sports in their lives.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for masculine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masculine
male
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From the colorful, floppy hairstyles of Korean boy band Stray Kids, or the non-binary wardrobes of trailblazing singers like G-Dragon of Big Bang and Seonghwa of ATEEZ, K-pop’s male idols have long fostered diverse expressions of masculinity.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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There were reports that a male passenger on Flight 2557 from Houston's Hobby Airport to Atlanta had tried to break into the cockpit, but that wasn't the case, Delta Air Lines said in a statement.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Masculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masculine. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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