| 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 | ||