Thesaurus: masculine

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1. a. Of the male sex; not female.
2. a. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
3. a. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
4. a. Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.
5. adj. male (of grammatical gender)
6. adj. associated with men and not with women
7. adj. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
8. n. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
9. 1. Of the male sex; not female. Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons. Chaucer. 2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust. That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy. Hallam. 3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] "A masculine church." Fuller. 4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender. -- Mas"cu*line*ly, adv. -- Mas"cu*line*ness, n.
10. Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertainingespecially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter.See Gender.-- Mas"cu*line*ly, adv.-- Mas"cu*line*ness, n.
11. j:99/n:1 n. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male a. of grammatical gender a. associated with men and not with women s. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable