|  masculine 
  
 
 a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
 • Hypernyms:
 gender, grammatical gender
 
 1. of grammatical gender (Freq. 2)
 • Ant:
 feminine, neuter
 2. associated with men and not with women (Freq. 1)
 • Ant:
 feminine
 • Similar to:
 butch, macho, male, manful, manlike,
 manly, virile, mannish
 • See Also:
 male, manly, manful, manlike
 • Derivationally related forms:
 masculinity
 3. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
 - a masculine cadence
 - the masculine rhyme of 'annoy, enjoy'
 • Similar to:
 stressed, accented
 • Topics:
 music
 
 
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