ULTRAMASCULINE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ultramasculine

adjective

Definition of ultramasculine

as in hypermasculine

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Recent Examples of ultramasculine With the rise of ultramasculine candidates in this election cycle, the tone of menace underlying American politics is getting more pronounced. — Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 20 June 2022

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Adjective

The pressures to look a certain way — hypermasculine, muscular and stylish, for example, among certain subsets of gay men, can be just as harsh and punishing.

— Stephanie Fairyington, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Cowboy hats, jeans, a lot of alcohol and bull riding combine into a special mix of hypermasculine rituals at Mexican rodeo shows.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026

Definition of hypermasculine

Adjective

Tate runs online courses ostensibly meant to promote masculine values, but a BBC investigation previously found the programs teach men to groom women.

— Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Yet prescribing testosterone to bring a cisgender man’s body in line with the Pentagon’s masculine ideals is hormone therapy, too.

— Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 20 July 2026

Definition of masculine

Adjective

And Bobby also suggested an appetizer featuring his favorite cut of male raccoon roadkill.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 July 2026
While the prerequisite Miami bachelor party antics — party buses, yacht parties, and accidentally stealing 30 kilos of cocaine from a cartel boss — all occur, the film tries to root itself in some real pathos about the nature of male friendships.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 24 July 2026

Definition of male

Adjective

The headlong pacing allows nary a breather, though there are enough wry notes, character quirks and offbeat details (remote-control doors, goats, a knife fight on a waterbed) to prevent macho monotony from setting in.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
The macho myth Decades of research undercut Hegseth’s core claim that more testosterone means a more aggressive, dominant, masculine man.

— Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 20 July 2026

Definition of macho

Adjective

In a world that had long equated labor with the physical act of making things, such a shift was seen as not terribly manly, and potentially dangerous to society as a whole.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Odysseus, manly and strong, is catnip to all kinds of scheming women.

— Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 16 July 2026

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