virility
Potent male energy
Virility is the quality of being masculine in a vigorous, sexually potent way.
The word emphasizes physical strength, assertiveness, and reproductive capability—traits traditionally associated with mature manhood.
A virile man projects vigor and sexual energy.
The term sometimes extends beyond sexuality to mean forcefulness generally: the virility of his prose style.
Adult male status
- manlinessMasculine character traits
- machismoExcessive masculine pride
- masculineMale in character
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
macho · manly · bravado · swagger · alpha · dominance · patriarchal · chauvinism
Generating biological offspring
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- spermMale reproductive cell
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- fecundityReproductive capacity
potency · seed · breeding · fertilization · offspring · siring · paternity · progeny
Innate erotic drive
- erectionAct of building upward
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- performanceCarrying out a task
sexual · drive · aphrodisiac · impotence · dysfunction · priapism · prowess · endurance
Capacity for spirited existence
- energyPower to do work
- robustnessResistance to failure
- dynamismActive, energetic quality
- strengthPower to exert force
heartiness · lustiness · vigorousness · vim · hardiness · forcefulness · power · animation
manhood
Adult male status
testosterone · macho · manly · bravado · swagger · alpha · dominance · patriarchal · chauvinism · rugged
procreation
Generating biological offspring
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- spermMale reproductive cell
- conceptionFormation of an idea
fecundity · potency · seed · breeding · fertilization · offspring · siring · paternity · progeny · begetting
libido
Innate erotic drive
- erectionAct of building upward
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
performance · sexual · drive · aphrodisiac · impotence · dysfunction · priapism · prowess · endurance · desire
vitality
Capacity for spirited existence
- energyPower to do work
- robustnessResistance to failure
- dynamismActive, energetic quality
strength · heartiness · lustiness · vigorousness · vim · hardiness · forcefulness · power · animation · liveliness
- fertilityfertility, fecundity, infertility, conception, reproduction
- machomachismo, macho man, alpha male, tough guy, bravado
- masculinitymanhood, machismo, masculinity, manliness, alpha male
- Elizabethan masculinityhonor, manhood, knight, valor, bravery
- male sexualitypenis, erection, testicles, libido, ejaculation
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
virilityimpotence
Lack of strength or power
sterility · infertility · erectile dysfunction · sexual dysfunction · frigidity
virilityweakness
Deficiency in force
feebleness · effeteness · frailty · debility · enervation
virilitycowardice
Absence of bravery
timidity · meekness · pusillanimity · spinelessness · passivity