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
Active Club members view themselves as defenders of Western civilization and masculine virtue.
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Art Jipson, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
The masculine men’s scent has always struck me as an earnest attempt to answer the question, What does blue smell like?
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
Different motivations bring them to the island, each of which ultimately centers on the same blind faith in the idea of the masculine leader.
—Itzel Luna, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
That final performance was perhaps the apex of what made T-Boy Wrestling so special — an unabashedly camp reclamation of masculine archetypes, and of the conspiratorial ways in which the powers that be regard transmasculinity.
—James Factora, Them., 13 Aug. 2025
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Art Jipson, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
The masculine men’s scent has always struck me as an earnest attempt to answer the question, What does blue smell like?
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
Different motivations bring them to the island, each of which ultimately centers on the same blind faith in the idea of the masculine leader.
—Itzel Luna, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
That final performance was perhaps the apex of what made T-Boy Wrestling so special — an unabashedly camp reclamation of masculine archetypes, and of the conspiratorial ways in which the powers that be regard transmasculinity.
—James Factora, Them., 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masculine
male
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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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“Masculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masculine. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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