male
Bull or buck
Male designates the sex that produces sperm rather than eggs—the reproductive role that fertilizes rather than gestates.
In humans, a male is a man or boy.
The word works as both noun and adjective: the male of the species, male pattern baldness, male privilege.
Male connectors in electronics have projecting parts that insert into female receptacles.
Beyond biology, male often signals masculinity or maleness as social categories: male-dominated industries, male gaze.
Young male person
- gentlemanCourteous, honorable man
- guyChap or steadying cable
- fellowMan or companion
- ladBoy or young man
bloke · chap · dude · bachelor · son · brother · uncle · nephew
Chief male sex hormone
- Y-chromosomeMale-determining genetic unit
- spermMale reproductive cell
- testesMale reproductive glands
- androgensMasculinizing steroid hormones
XY · gamete · reproductive · fertilization · puberty · gonad · prostate · seminal
Powerfully masculine
- machoOverly masculine manner
- ruggedTough and uneven
- chivalrousHonorably courteous and brave
- gallantCourageously attentive and refined
stoic · assertive · protective · provider · breadwinner · fatherly · brotherly · gentlemanly
Steer before castration
Male parent
- sonMale child relation
- brotherMale with shared parents
- uncleMale family elder
- nephewSibling's male offspring
grandfather · grandson · husband · patriarch · dad · papa · sire · forefather
Birth-sex-identified
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
- transmasculineMoving toward male identity
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
pronouns · transitioning · assigned · gender-nonconforming · two-spirit · intersex · androgynous · identity
Male-authority based
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
- hegemonyDominant group's control
privilege · supremacy · exclusionary · discrimination · inequality
boy
Young male person
lad · bloke · chap · dude · bachelor · son · brother · uncle · nephew · husband
testosterone
Chief male sex hormone
- Y-chromosomeMale-determining genetic unit
- spermMale reproductive cell
- testesMale reproductive glands
XY · androgens · gamete · reproductive · fertilization · puberty · gonad · prostate · seminal · ejaculation
virile
Powerfully masculine
- machoOverly masculine manner
- ruggedTough and uneven
- chivalrousHonorably courteous and brave
gallant · stoic · assertive · protective · provider · breadwinner · fatherly · brotherly · gentlemanly · courtly
bull
Steer before castration
boar · drake · tom · gander · buck · stag · cock · billy · jack · cob
father
Male parent
nephew · grandfather · grandson · husband · patriarch · dad · papa · sire · forefather · heir
cisgender
Birth-sex-identified
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
- transmasculineMoving toward male identity
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
genderqueer · pronouns · transitioning · assigned · gender-nonconforming · two-spirit · intersex · androgynous · identity · passing
patriarchal
Male-authority based
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
hegemony · privilege · supremacy · exclusionary · discrimination · inequality
- humanityhuman, human being, humans, people, mankind
- menguys, blokes, guy, chaps, boy
- gendergender, feminine, woman, boy, girl
- sex biologybiological sex, sex chromosomes, Y chromosome, XY, sex determination
- biological sexes
- gender identitieswoman, women, transgender, nonbinary, non-binary
- male and femaleThe two biological sexes
- alpha maleDominant group leader
- male voice
- male modelMan paid to pose
- male bondingMen forming close friendships
- male or female