male

Meaning of male

adjective
  1. of or denoting the sex that produces gametes, especially spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring.
    male children
    the participants are mostly male
noun
  1. a male animal or plant.
    the males have brilliant sky-blue wings

late Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’.

Information about male

Hyphenation of male

male

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • male is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

male synonyms

Meaning manful:

manful, manlike, manly, virile

Meaning Male:

Male

Meaning relating to men; male:

masculine

Meaning an adult male human being:

man

Meaning a chivalrous, courteous, or honourable man:

gentleman

Meaning a male child or youth:

boy

Meaning the period between childhood and adult age:

youth

Meaning a man:

guy, bloke, geezer, ou

Meaning sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something:

fellow

Meaning a gentleman:

gent

Meaning (of the skin) become cracked, rough, or sore, especially through exposure to wind or cold weather:

chap

Meaning a boy or young man (often as a form of address):

lad

Meaning a man; a guy (often as a form of address):

dude

Meaning a man, especially one of a particular type:

hombre

Meaning a person, animal, or large machine that digs earth:

digger

Meaning variant spelling of oka:

oke

Meaning a man, especially an older one:

oom

Meaning a man, especially a peasant or an old man:

bodach

Meaning a small sheltered bay:

cove

Meaning a peasant or man of low birth:

carl

male antonyms

Meaning of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) which can be fertilized by male gametes:

female

Translation of male

Anagrams of male

Alem, alem, alme, amel, Elam, Elma, Emla, lame, leam, Lema, lema, Mael, meal, Mela, mela

Words that rhyme with male

Male, Samale, Tamale, metamale, tamale, antifemale, female, metafemale, superfemale, unfemale, antimale, lacrimale, intermale, subarmale, supermale, chrismale

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