virile | Definition of virile

Synonyms and Antonyms of virile

of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men

men were once expected to be interested only in such virile activities as hunting

Synonyms of virile

male, man-size (or man-sized), manlike, manly, mannish, masculine

Words Related to virile

hairy-chested, hypermasculine, macho, ultramasculine

boyish, hoydenish, tomboyish

Amazonian, butch

Near Antonyms of virile

metrosexual, unmacho

effeminate, girlish, sissified, sissy

feminine, womanish, womanlike, womanly

emasculated, impotent, weakened

androgynous, neuter

Antonyms of virile

unmanly, unmasculine