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male

∞ 1.0
A human who belongs to the sex that does not bear children
  • noun
  • /meɪl/
: hombre
  • The other mentor was an African American male with seven years of experience as an eighth-grade science teacher.
  • male and female
  • adolescent males
  • males aged

OK, we're white males, We're not going to lose.

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Examples

  • The principal researcher was an African American male deeply committed to education for Black students.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I said 18 year old, white male, name's Nicholas Powell.

  • Who is the best looking male friend you have?

  • Who is the best looking male friend you have?

  • And then that would not hold for males, right, Right.

  • I do not need a male screaming like that.

  • We do know that these are mostly males, almost exclusively males.

  • So remember, we've got two males, two females and seven kids.

  • I've been in a functional relationship with an adult male for six wonderful weeks, four fabulous days and seven precious hours.

  • He is an adult male who enjoys playing basketball on the weekends.

Synonyms

man
vsmale
∞ 1.0

An adult male person, not a boy or a woman

is the broader biological category including all ages rather than only adults
guy
vsmale
  • Informal
∞ 1.0

An informal word for a man or boy

is the formal biological term covering the sex in general rather than casual speech

Antonyms

571 1.0

A woman or girl who belongs to the sex that can have babies

Compounds

11 3.5

A close friendship between men that forms during activities like sports

A man or boy with light skin that people call white

6 4.1

A man's body part used for urinating and sex

5 1.3

The physical shape and parts of a man

male chauvinist
  • Offensive
5 7.3

A man who thinks men are better than women and acts that way

Parts on the outside of a man's body that are used to have children

Common hair loss in men that makes hair thin on the top and the hairline go back

The outside sexual parts of a male, like the penis and scrotum

male chauvinism
  • Offensive
2 6.2

Thinking men are better than women and treating women unfairly

1 6.7

A man's strong sexual feeling that ends in the release of semen from the penis

1 2.6

An adult horse that is male, often not castrated

1 3.2

The organs in a man's body that make sperm and allow sex

A pill sold to help men have better sexual performance

1 8.4

A male body part used for passing urine and for sexual activity

1 3.7

A condition in which a man cannot get or keep an erection for sex

A phrase used to describe famous white European men from history who stand for traditional ideas

1 3.8

Hair loss in men that starts at the crown and temples

male fern
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A fern that grows in shady woods across Europe and North America

male plug
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A connector with two or three metal pins that you insert into a socket to get power

A gland inside a man's body that helps make the fluid that carries sperm

1 4.6

A man who rules a country as its king

1 9.9

A wild plant with bright pink or purple flowers along a tall thin stem

9.9

A person who cuts a man's or boy's private parts without medical reason

The outer body parts males use for reproduction, like the penis and scrotum

8.8

A habit where men confidently give answers even when they do not know enough

A bush that loses its leaves and has clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers

4.6

A body part in men that makes sperm or male hormones

male hypogonadism
  • Specialized
8.2

A condition in men when the testicles do not make enough sex hormones

9.9

A joking idea that men have monthly bleeding or mood changes

A plant with feathery leaves that grows in damp, shaded mountain areas

sigma male
  • Slang
9.9

A man who is independent and does not follow social rules

Surface Forms

male singular
males plural

Etymology

The word male comes from Latin mas meaning 'male' through masculus, and it was used for people as well as animals. So a male is a person of the sex that does not bear children.