English adjective: masculine | |||
1. | masculine of grammatical gender | ||
See also | masculine | ||
Antonyms | neuter, feminine | ||
2. | masculine associated with men and not with women | ||
Similar | butch, macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile | ||
See also | male, manful, manlike, manly, masculine | ||
Antonyms | feminine | ||
3. | masculine (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable | ||
Samples | A masculine cadence. The masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'. | ||
Similar | accented, stressed | ||
Domain category | music | ||
Antonyms | unstressed | ||
English noun: masculine | |||
1. | masculine (communication) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gender, grammatical gender | ||