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What is the adjective for masculine?

What's the adjective for masculine? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs masculinize, masculinise, masculise and masculize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

masculine

Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Belonging to males; typically used by males.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

(noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
(of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.

Synonyms:

Examples:

“It was a deep masculine voice that made the little child shiver and sob harder.”

“She was gruff, typically dressed in cargo pants, and her gait was decidedly masculine.”

“The posing component of a bodybuilding competition is the medium through which the competitor displays the size and definition of large, ripped, masculine muscles.”

masc

(colloquial) masculine (having qualities stereotypically associated with men; virile)
Synonyms:

butch, masculine, manly, manlike, macho, male, unfeminine, virile, unladylike, mannish, unwomanly, mannified, tough, muscular, strong, strapping, Amazonian, beefy, tomboyish, hoydenish, swashbuckling, viraginous, viragoish, he-man, red-blooded, aggressively masculine, all man … more

Examples:

“In the Germanic tongues, as in the Semitic, the sun is fem., the moon masc.”

“It is unique for the presidency to stay within one club, and is a tribute to the dedication and hard work of MASC members.”

“It is also a credit to Les that MASC swimmers who have long since retired, still come and visit him.”

masculinistic

Of or relating to or in accordance with masculinism.

masculinist

Relating to or in accordance with masculinism.

masculinizable

(rare) Capable of being masculinized.

masculinized

simple past tense and past participle of masculinize
Synonyms:

masculized

masculinizing

present participle of masculinize
Synonyms:

masculizing

masculinised

simple past tense and past participle of masculinise

masculinising

present participle of masculinise

masculised

simple past tense and past participle of masculise

masculising

present participle of masculise