Synonyms for manhood
ˈmæn hʊdman·hood

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1. manhoodnoun

   The state of being man as a human being.

   He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

   Synonyms:
   mankind, humanity

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1. manhood

   Synonyms:
   humanity, virility, maturity, manfulness, manliness

   Antonyms:
   divinity, womanhood, childhood, childishness

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1. manhoodnoun

   the state of being a man; manly qualities

   Synonyms:
   humanity, humanness

2. humanness, humanity, manhoodnoun

   the quality of being human

   "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"

   Synonyms:
   mankind, man, humankind, humanity, human beings, humanness, world, humans, human race

3. manhoodnoun

   the status of being a man

   Synonyms:
   humanity, humanness

Matched Categories

1. • Adulthood
   • Position
   • Quality

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1. manhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   virility

2. manhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   courage, bravery, hardihood, firmness, resolution

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1. manhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   maturity, majority, man's estate, manliness, fortitude, resolution, manfulness, virility, humanity, men

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1. List of paraphrases for "manhood":

   virility, manliness, masculinity

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1. Dr. Jose P. Rizal:

   Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.

2. But Stratton:

   It was very difficult for him to ask his father permission to leave [the lifestyle], his father wasn’t happy about it. In the tape, you can see his father basically ripping through Junior. ‘Where’s your dignity? Where’s your manhood?’ But then he changes at a certain point. He becomes a father, instead of the godfather and the boss of the Gambino family. He understand that the life he led can go one or two ways. You die in prison or you die on the street.

3. Orison Swett Marden:

   This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

4. Kevin Powell:

   This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury.

5. Robin Green:

   For people to judge a man's worth and his very manhood according to the way he feels about sport, and not to recognize it for the piddly, inconsequential goings on that it really is...