Antonyms for masculine
ˈmæs kyə lɪnmas·cu·line

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1. masculineadjective

   Antonyms:
   unmanly, epicene, effeminate, emasculated

   Synonyms:
   manly, virile

2. masculineadjective

   Antonyms:
   female, womanly

   Synonyms:
   male

3. masculineadjective

   Antonyms:
   feminine

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1. masculine

   We apply male to the sex, masculine to the qualities, especially to the stronger, hardier, and more imperious qualities that distinguish the male sex; as applied to women, masculine has often the depreciatory sense of unwomanly, rude, or harsh; as, a masculine face or voice, or the like; tho one may say in a commendatory way, she acted with masculine courage or decision. Manlike may mean only having the outward appearance or semblance of a man, or may be closely equivalent to manly. Manly refers to all the qualities and traits worthy of a man; manful, especially to the valor and prowess that become a man; we speak of a manful struggle, manly decision; we say manly gentleness or tenderness; we could not say manful tenderness. Mannish is a depreciatory word referring to the mimicry or parade of some superficial qualities of manhood; as, a mannish boy or woman. Masculine may apply to the distinctive qualities of the male sex at any age; virile applies to the distinctive qualities of mature manhood only, as opposed not only to feminine or womanly but to childish, and is thus an emphatic word for sturdy, intrepid, etc.

   See synonyms for FEMININE.

   Synonyms:
   male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile

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1. masculine

   Antonyms:
   female, feminine, womanish, womanly, effeminate

   Synonyms:
   male, manly, manful, hardy, courageous, virile

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1. • Music

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1. masculineadjective

   a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

   Antonyms:
   female, maidenlike, maidenly, feminine, unstressed, neuter, fair(a), powder-puff, distaff

2. masculineadjective

   of grammatical gender

   Antonyms:
   maidenlike, feminine, unstressed, distaff, female, maidenly, fair(a), powder-puff, neuter

3. masculineadjective

   associated with men and not with women

   Antonyms:
   distaff, powder-puff, maidenly, female, unstressed, maidenlike, neuter, fair(a), feminine

4. masculineadjective

   (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable

   "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"

   Antonyms:
   powder-puff, feminine, maidenlike, maidenly, unstressed, distaff, fair(a), neuter, female

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1. masculineadjective

   Antonyms:
   feminine

   Synonyms:
   male, manly, virile, manful

How to use masculine in a sentence?

1. Aceh Police:

   Cutting the hair of those arrested to ‘make them masculine’ and forcing them to dress like men are forms of public shaming and amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

2. Cristian Parvulescu:

   (Prisoners) woke up with snow on their hair because it so was cold and the water in their mugs froze. It was inhuman ... They communicated by coughing in Morse code. christian Orthodox countries are masculine societies where justice is the result of negotiation.

3. Bisi Alimi:

   This statement is extremely disgusting and blatantly homophobic, these are young girls in a very macho, masculine society who are trying to make a living, but are being underpaid or not paid on time.

4. Jessica Chastain:

   I think every woman is a strong woman. I think that in the past, we've connected strength, leadership, ambition, power, as masculine traits.

5. Emily Blunt:

   So you see this girl going through pretty much the worst three days of her life, she tries to maintain face for most of it so ... I didn't really think about adjusting it to make it more masculine.

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