manlike

adjective

Definition of manlikenext
1
as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men hoisted the duffel bag and heaved it over the railing with a humorous, manlike grunt

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2
as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman all the little girls at the lunch table laughed uproariously when one of them emitted a manlike belch

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manlike
  1. male
  2. masculine
  3. unfeminine
Adjective
  • The vast majority of construction workers are male and Hispanic, according to the CDC.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Shields would go on to another win at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the only U.S. boxer, male or female, to earn back-to-back gold medals at the games.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of male
Adjective
  • Many starve themselves or develop other harmful eating behaviors to make their bodies conform to a masculine or feminine ideal.
    Liz Szabo, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Kunda’s personal style embodies a balance between feminine and masculine energies.
    Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of masculine
Adjective
  • The intention behind this final postcard may have been, yet again, to paint the fight for suffrage as absurd, to make suffragists seem like willful, unfeminine animals.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
  • This really helped cement this idea that there was something or there could be something unfeminine about successful athletes.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
Definition of unfeminine
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mankind

manlike

manliness

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“Manlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manlike. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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