Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
adj
Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Courageous; noble; high-minded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
possessing qualities befitting a man
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: manly, manlike
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
characteristic of a man
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: male, manlike, manly, virile
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English manful, manfull, equivalent to man + -ful.
