manlike

adjective

Definition of manlikenext
1
as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men hoisted the duffel bag and heaved it over the railing with a humorous, manlike grunt

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2
as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman all the little girls at the lunch table laughed uproariously when one of them emitted a manlike belch

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manlike
  1. male
  2. masculine
  3. unfeminine
Adjective
  • Of the 231 perpetrators, 229 were men; 207 of the victims were women killed by a current or former male partner.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Both men and women have taken on these roles, although the male practitioners are more prominent in accounts from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of male
Adjective
  • Experts note that these could be theatrical representations of feminine or masculine figures, not actual men and women.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Kate is also unafraid to mix traditionally masculine and feminine elements in the same outfit, pairing sparkling drop earrings with rugged boots or accenting a tweed blazer with sparkling gold hardware.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of masculine
Adjective
  • Women fighting for the right to vote were seen by their detractors as unfeminine, and vinegar valentines were a cheap and convenient medium to enforce gender roles.
    — Melissa Chan, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The intention behind this final postcard may have been, yet again, to paint the fight for suffrage as absurd, to make suffragists seem like willful, unfeminine animals.
    — Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of unfeminine
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“Manlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manlike. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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