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English adjective: masculine

1. masculine of grammatical gender


See alsomasculine


Antonymsneuter, feminine

2. masculine associated with men and not with women


Similarbutch, macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile


See alsomale, manful, manlike, manly, masculine


Antonymsfeminine

3. masculine (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable


SamplesA masculine cadence.
The masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'.


Similaraccented, stressed


Domain categorymusic


Antonymsunstressed


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









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