as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men
some people consider a deep voice to be a particularly appealing masculine trait
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Recent Examples of masculine
The collection is a mix of more feminine and masculine shapes.
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Jake is the prototypical masculine husband, constantly working out and pressuring Maddie to start a family.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
His womenswear collection, introduced in 1975, quickly became known for easy shapes and masculine cuts with feminine qualities.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Jake is the prototypical masculine husband, constantly working out and pressuring Maddie to start a family.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
His womenswear collection, introduced in 1975, quickly became known for easy shapes and masculine cuts with feminine qualities.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masculine
male
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News voices in the 1970's tended to be somber, accent-less, and almost exclusively male.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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When first responders arrived, the male witness took his dogs home and his wife went to alert Samadi’s husband at their home, the reports said.—
Pam DeFiglio,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Masculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masculine. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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