Synonyms for male
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : meyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : meɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for male Other synonyms for the word male
Définition of male
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."
- adj masculine
- noun man
- She simply lived by her wits, and perhaps by some want of that article in her male friends.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Fabri's wife and another woman were announced as good actresses of male parts.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- The two figures in male attire broke into a laugh simultaneously.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- This afternoon a male biped is coming to this house, and he's not coming to see Eileen.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- There came a clattering of hoofs on the road and the sound of male voices.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- With a sigh of relief I saw there were only doctors and male attendants in the room.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- I told you I had but one male friend: I have but two female.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Drawings of a male body, a female body, and a piece of drapery.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- The male voice was peculiar; it was, as I told you, reedy and nasal.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
Antonyms for male
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