Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for males

Antonyms for males

Grammar : Noun
Spell : meyl
Phonetic Transcription : meɪl

Definition of males

Origin :
  • late 14c., "male human being; male fish or land animal," from Old French masle (adj.) "masculine, male, adult," also used as a noun (12c., Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus "masculine, male, worthy of a man" (cf. Provençal mascle, Spanish macho, Italian maschio), diminutive of mas (genitive maris) "male person or animal, male."
  • noun man
Example sentences :
  • In 1674 they had but two hundred and fifty males in the whole tribe.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • He slew all the males, and carried away all the women and children.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • These varied somewhat but there was this great preponderance of males in every class but one.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • This was a female of his kind, and it was a law of his kind that the males must not fight the females.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The other males, now useless, are all massacred in autumn by the working bees.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The females and young ran before him, even the males retreated.
  • Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown
  • In this genealogy, males are denoted by capitals, and females by small letters.
  • Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
  • This community is in itself a monarchy, composed of a queen, of males which are the drones, and of working bees called neuters.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • She was "pretty as a picture," all the males agreed upon that point.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • They are lost or never gained by the males after emasculation.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various

Synonyms for males

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019