Synonyms: masculine
Definition: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
Similar words: gender, grammatical gender
Definition: a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
Synonyms: masculine
Definition: associated with men and not with women
Definition: used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
Similar words: male, manful, manlike, manly, virile
Definition: characteristic of a man
Usage: a deep male voice; manly sports
Similar words: mannish
Definition: characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman
Usage: true mannish arrogance
Synonyms: masculine
Definition: (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
Usage: a masculine cadence; the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'
Similar words: stressed, accented
Definition: bearing a stress or accent
Usage: an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'