Meaning

Of or pertaining to the male gender..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or pertaining to the male gender.
2. Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
3. Belonging to males; typically used by males.
4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate; manly.
5. (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
6. (grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
7. (prosody) Following or ending on a stressed syllable.
8. (grammar) The masculine gender.

Example Sentences

“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.

That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.

[…] a masculine church.

Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme.

The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used.

As to the class to which the masculines of the strong declension belong, we repeat that […]

These forces would also seem to reflect the gender distinction that can be made with respect to the divine, the feminine associated with the divine as immanent within the finite and the masculine with the divine transcendence and the infinite.

I think women, at least those who do their own work, would live very simply in that respect, if there were none of the masculines to feed.

Word Forms

• more masculine
• most masculine
• m.
• m
• masculines

Synonyms for masculine

Antonyms for masculine

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When Should You Use Masculine?

Use masculine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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