Synonyms for macho
ˈmɑ tʃoʊma·cho

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1. machoadjective

   a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo

   Antonyms:
   feminine

2. butch, machoadjective

   used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

   Antonyms:
   feminine

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1. List of paraphrases for "macho":

   machista, male, masculine

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How to use macho in a sentence?

1. Shiraz Maher:

   There was this whole subculture that these guys were buying into: a macho world of clandestine behavior beyond social norms, a lot of the appeal to these people was based on masculinity and bravado rather than something ideological or religious.

2. Connie Rice:

   This whole vision seemed crazy 25 years ago, you realize we were asking a bunch of macho men to be social workers with a badge and a gun -- you may as well have been asking them to be Rockettes.

3. Richard Sanchez:

   He is a very macho guy, but he’s scared, the scary part for him is that he lost his sister 11 years ago to the same cancer.

4. Stanford University:

   Law enforcement tends to have the same problems that the military has in making women feel valued and welcome, a lot of law enforcement agencies have a macho ethos that can make it harder for women to feel like they belong.

5. Natalie Cooper:

   We suspected we'd see a bias towards males because science is done by people and people have an inherent male bias, this is especially true as many of our collections come from the Victorian era of macho hunters going out trying to shoot the biggest fiercest creatures for their collections.