Dictionary

Definition of Male

• (a.) Evil; wicked; bad.
• (n.) Same as Mail, a bag.
• (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.
• (v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
• (v. t.) Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
• (v. t.) Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
• (v. t.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.
• (n.) An animal of the male sex.
• (n.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

Synonyms of Male

• Male Person
• Virile
• Manful
• Manly
• Manlike
• Anthropoid
• Potent
• Masculine
• Mannish
• Antheral
• Staminate
• Phallic
• Priapic
• Young-Begetting(Prenominal)

Antonyms of Male

• Gynandromorphic
• Bisexual
• Gynandromorphous
• Epicene
• Young-Bearing(A)
• Androgynous
• Pseudohermaphrodite
• Pistillate
• Pseudohermaphroditic
• Intersexual
• Egg-Producing(A)
• Unisex
• Hermaphrodite
• Feminine
• Female Person
• Female
• Hermaphroditic

Homophones of Male

• Mail
• Maile
• Maill
• Maille
• Mayle