MALE


Meaning of MALE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ adult , mature

▪ adolescent , immature , juvenile , young

▪ old

▪ alpha , dominant

the dominant ~ in the herd

▪ gay , heterosexual , homosexual

▪ red-blooded

▪ African American , black , Caucasian ( esp. AmE ), white

▪ large , powerful , strong ( all biology )

▪ courting , monogamous , unmated ( all biology )

PHRASES

▪ the ~ of the species

The ~ of the species has darker feathers.

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be

ADVERB

▪ entirely , exclusively

The club is exclusively ~.

▪ largely , mainly , mostly , overwhelmingly , predominantly , primarily

The workforce is predominantly ~.

▪ very

I had grown up in a very ~ environment.

That was a very ~ way of dealing with things.

▪ typically

▪ traditionally

traditionally ~ interests

Male is used with these nouns: ↑ anatomy , ↑ body , ↑ bravado , ↑ chauvinism , ↑ chauvinist , ↑ chorus , ↑ colleague , ↑ companion , ↑ companionship , ↑ counterpart , ↑ cousin , ↑ dancer , ↑ deity , ↑ doctor , ↑ dominance , ↑ domination , ↑ ego , ↑ elephant , ↑ employee , ↑ employment , ↑ equivalent , ↑ escort , ↑ fantasy , ↑ fashion , ↑ friend , ↑ gender , ↑ genitals , ↑ goat , ↑ heir , ↑ homosexual , ↑ hormone , ↑ identity , ↑ impotence , ↑ infant , ↑ infertility , ↑ inmate , ↑ kin , ↑ lead , ↑ lover , ↑ lust , ↑ member , ↑ menopause , ↑ model , ↑ nurse , ↑ occupation , ↑ oppression , ↑ orgasm , ↑ parent , ↑ partner , ↑ perspective , ↑ population , ↑ prerogative , ↑ prostitute , ↑ prostitution , ↑ reader , ↑ relative , ↑ role , ↑ servant , ↑ sex , ↑ sexuality , ↑ sibling , ↑ soprano , ↑ specimen , ↑ superiority , ↑ supremacy , ↑ teacher , ↑ trait , ↑ twin , ↑ vanity , ↑ victim , ↑ violence , ↑ voice , ↑ worker , ↑ workforce , ↑ writer , ↑ youth

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