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Male
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Synonyms & Antonyms for male
Synonyms: Noun
bastard, bloke [chiefly British], buck, cat, chap [chiefly British], chappie [British], dude, fella, fellow, galoot [slang], gent, gentleman, guy, hombre, jack, joe, joker, lad, man
Synonyms: Adjective
man-size (or man-sized), manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, virile
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of male in a Sentence
Noun
She attended a school where there were more males than females. The male of this species assists the female in feeding the young.Adjective
There were more male than female students. Most extension cords have a male plug on one end and a female plug on the other.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
If there were any males around, perhaps on the kitchen staff or a camper’s brother at drop-off, we were directed to think of them as trees. — Katy Hershberger, Longreads, "Losing My Religion at Christian Camp," 8 Aug. 2019 On a Chico sidewalk in the Sacramento Valley, there was a white male in jeans and a girl of around 8, presumably his daughter. — Los Angeles Times, "Gun control has been doomed by single-issue voters. Will that ever change?," 8 Aug. 2019 The suspect in custody is a male whose age is unknown, according to another police spokesman, Sgt. — Amir Vera, CNN, "What we know about the shooting in El Paso, Texas," 3 Aug. 2019 At the start of a new school year, Michelle has been saddled with her own cousin, James (Dylan Llewellyn), an English kid assigned to be the first male to attend the all-girls Our Lady Immaculate College. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "Why Netflix’s Derry Girls is the perfect show to stream this weekend," 2 Aug. 2019 Willie is a 4-foot black male who weighs about 45 pounds. — Dallas News, "Missing children last seen in southeast Oak Cliff found, police say," 29 July 2019 Of the 50 million traumatic injuries annually, the overwhelming majority are male — with some 74 percent of road injuries alone killing men and boys. — Fox News, "Women plastic surgeons in Africa leading charge against most underreported health epidemic impacting males," 27 July 2019 Bob Mueller is a white Republican male in his 70s that is an institutionalist trained to color in the lines. — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, "Opinion: Will Nancy Pelosi Finally Do Something About Donald Trump’s Abuse Of Power?," 25 July 2019 Hetrick, also known as Trey, is a white male who is 5 feet 9 inches tall, police said. — Brieanna J. Frank, azcentral, "Amber Alert issued for missing West Virginia girl; suspect's vehicle spotted in Arizona," 23 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Typically, Artificial Intelligence research teams are overwhelmingly white and male. — Halley Bondy, NBC News, "In the know: Women in the news 8/19-8/23," 23 Aug. 2019 Dinner had just been served, with male and female guests in separate sections. — Washington Post, "Islamic State claims suicide attack on Kabul wedding that killed 63," 22 Aug. 2019 Falling asleep to a symphony of crickets, Jack Carlisle, also 13, didn’t care that his friends in the nearby bunk beds included girls and children whose gender identities stretch beyond the binary of male and female. — Dan Levin, New York Times, "In an All-Gender Cabin, Summer Campers ‘Don’t Have to Hide’," 22 Aug. 2019 Police responded to an apartment building after a caller reported male and female neighbors were fighting and the woman was believed to have thrown a brick through a window. — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, "Police investigate burglaries: Lakewood Police Blotter," 18 Aug. 2019 Rather than focusing on assigning scents as either female or male, brands are creating interesting scents for individual tastes. — Vogue, "8 Gender-Neutral Fragrances to Try Right Now," 16 Aug. 2019 The signals are different for male and female embryos, likely because males develop slightly faster and form certain blood cells sooner. — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, "‘Ethical’ eggs could save male chicks from mass slaughter," 14 Aug. 2019 The academy in Saly, Senegal, is one of seven across the globe for the top male and female prospects that uses a comprehensive approach to train kids both in basketball and life skills. — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, "Marouf Moumine Makes a Name for Himself at Jr. NBA Global Championships," 13 Aug. 2019 Meanwhile, several of the suspects in recent mass shootings fit the popular but increasingly incorrect stereotype of a gamer: young, white and male. — Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, "'I Have Never Felt the Need to Enact Any Kind of Violence.' Pro Gamers Say Guns, Not Games, Are to Blame for Shootings," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'male.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.