maleness

  • 121femininity — Synonyms and related words: distaff side, fair sex, female sex, femaleness, gender, maleness, masculinity, second sex, sex, softer sex, weaker sex, weaker vessel, woman, womanhood, womankind, women, womenfolk, womenfolks …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 122manhood — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, adulthood, adultness, age of consent, boldness, braveness, bravery, chivalrousness, chivalry, conspicuous gallantry, courage, courageousness, determination, doughtiness, driving age, flower of age, force …

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  • 123manliness — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, boldness, braveness, bravery, chivalrousness, chivalry, conspicuous gallantry, courage, courageousness, doughtiness, gallantness, gallantry, gallantry under fire, gentlemanlikeness, gentlemanliness,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 124woman — In Israel in the early period the man was the absolute ruler of the extended family; if a husband died, the widow was given to the nearest brother of the deceased (Deut. 25:5–10). Women had no powers, could make no decisions, though they could… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 125male — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Masculine Nouns 1. male, man, he, homo, gentleman, sir, master, yeoman, wight, swain, blade, chap, gaffer, husband, bachelor, Mr., mister; boy, stripling, youth, lad; homme; hombre; macho; lady s man,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 126virility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. potency, masculinity, manliness, machismo; see manhood 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. manliness, masculinity, maleness, strength, power, forcefulness, vigor, potency, redbloodedness, lustiness, muscularity,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 127testis — tes|tis [ˈtestıs] n plural testes [ ti:z] [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: , probably from testis witness ; because it proves maleness] technical a ↑testicle …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 128tomboy — [16] Tomboy originally denoted a ‘rude or boisterous boy’, but before the end of the 16th century it was being applied to a ‘girl who behaves like a boisterous boy’. Tom (the familiar form of Thomas) is presumably being used to denote ‘maleness’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins