Synonyms for male
ˈmɑ leɪ, -limale

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1. maleadjective

   Synonyms:
   boy, plug, manly, pin, masculine

   Antonyms:
   female, neuter

2. malenoun

   Someone of male, masculine gender, whether human, (sexual) animal or (sexual) plant

   Synonyms:
   pin, boy, masculine, plug, manly

   Antonyms:
   neuter, female

3. maleadjective

   Pertaining to or associated with men, or male animals

   Synonyms:
   boy, masculine, pin, plug, manly

   Antonyms:
   female, neuter

4. maleadjective

   Inherently characteristic of the male of a species

   Synonyms:
   plug, masculine, manly, pin

   Antonyms:
   neuter, female

5. maleadjective

   Of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector or pipe fitting

   Synonyms:
   masculine, manly, plug, pin

   Antonyms:
   female, neuter

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1. male

   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:
   manful, manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, virile

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1. malenoun

   an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

   Synonyms:
   male person

   Antonyms:
   female person, female, hermaphroditic, pseudohermaphroditic, intersexual, egg-producing(a), unisex, hermaphrodite, feminine, gynandromorphous, epicene, young-bearing(a), androgynous, pseudohermaphrodite, pistillate, gynandromorphic, bisexual

2. male, male personnoun

   a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

   Synonyms:
   male person

   Antonyms:
   female, female person, hermaphroditic, epicene, egg-producing(a), bisexual, feminine, gynandromorphic, gynandromorphous, pseudohermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic, androgynous, pistillate, unisex, hermaphrodite, young-bearing(a), intersexual

3. Maleadjective

   the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

   Synonyms:
   male person

   Antonyms:
   female person, female, young-bearing(a), intersexual, unisex, androgynous, gynandromorphous, hermaphrodite, gynandromorphic, feminine, epicene, egg-producing(a), pseudohermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic, pistillate, hermaphroditic, bisexual

4. maleadjective

   being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

   "a male infant"; "a male holly tree"

   Synonyms:
   virile, manful, manly, manlike

   Antonyms:
   female, female person, egg-producing(a), epicene, pseudohermaphrodite, hermaphroditic, androgynous, young-bearing(a), unisex, pseudohermaphroditic, bisexual, gynandromorphous, pistillate, feminine, gynandromorphic, intersexual, hermaphrodite

5. male, manful, manlike, manly, virileadjective

   characteristic of a man

   "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"

   Synonyms:
   anthropoid, potent, virile, manful, manly, manlike

   Antonyms:
   female, female person, intersexual, hermaphrodite, pseudohermaphroditic, gynandromorphous, unisex, young-bearing(a), gynandromorphic, feminine, bisexual, egg-producing(a), hermaphroditic, androgynous, pseudohermaphrodite, epicene, pistillate

6. maleadjective

   for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

   "the male lead"; "the male population"

   Synonyms:
   virile, manful, manly, manlike

   Antonyms:
   female person, female, epicene, pseudohermaphrodite, gynandromorphic, feminine, unisex, pseudohermaphroditic, bisexual, hermaphrodite, pistillate, gynandromorphous, intersexual, young-bearing(a), egg-producing(a), androgynous, hermaphroditic

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1. men

   the male gender

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maleadjective

   Synonyms:
   he

2. malenoun

   Synonyms:
   male animal

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maleadjective

   Synonyms:
   masculine, staminate (Bot.)

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1. List of paraphrases for "male":

   males, men, masculine, man, macho, small, boys, malee, roosters, male-dominated, hommes

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1. Laurie Mintz:

   The main reasons they give for faking is that they want to appear 'normal' and want to make their male partners feel good, this is one of the saddest and most common problems I deal with in my clinical practice.

2. Carly Fiorina:

   I started out as a secretary, and as I made my way up in the business world, a male-dominated business world, I've had lots of men imply that I was unfit for decision-making because maybe I was having my period. So I'll say it, OK ? can we think of a single instance in which a man's hormones might have clouded his judgment ?

3. Barry Bennett:

   He's also a 64-year-old African-American male, who culturally is what he is right? He's not comfortable with homosexuality, right? and there was nothing we could do to make him talk about it in a lexicon that is much more modern.

4. Linnea Saltz:

   I competed against the first male-to-female transgender athlete in track and field in Division I, seeing how that affected not only my teammates, but other individuals across the NCAA, other individuals within the conference that we were competing in … it was something that made me really want to come and speak out.

5. Debbie Walsh:

   The biggest one is the perception that the leadership qualities that one needs to be a governor( or a President) are not ones that women possess, the image of a governor( or President) is still male with gendered stereotypes of how men lead -- decisive, authoritative, the place where the buck stops.