male
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
Types & categories
- animal hypernym
- sire hyponym
- colt hyponym
- male horse hyponym
- bullock hyponym
Related & opposite
- female antonym
Sense 2 adjective
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
a male infant
Related & opposite
- masculine also see
- female antonym
- androgynous antonym
- sexuality attribute
- masculinity derivation
- biology domain topic
- male similar to
- antheral similar to
- phallic similar to
- priapic similar to
- young-begettinga similar to
Sense 3 noun
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- boy wonder hyponym
- chap hyponym
- foster-brother hyponym
- macho hyponym
- boy hyponym
- male offspring hyponym
- man hyponym
- man hyponym
- man hyponym
- mother's son hyponym
- sirrah hyponym
Parts & wholes
- male body part meronym
Related & opposite
- female person antonym
- male derivation
- male derivation
Sense 4 adjective
characteristic of a man
a deep male voice
Related & opposite
- manfulness derivation
- masculinity derivation
- male person derivation
- man derivation
- man derivation
- masculine similar to
Sense 5 adjective
for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
the male lead
Related & opposite
- masculinity derivation
- male person derivation
- male similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | female |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | colt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | male horse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullock |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | masculine |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | female |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | androgynous |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | sexuality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | masculinity |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | male |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | antheral |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | phallic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | priapic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | young-begettinga |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | female person |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | male |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | male |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | male body |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | boy wonder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chap |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foster-brother |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | macho |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | boy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | male offspring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | man |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | man |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | man |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mother's son |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sirrah |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | manfulness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | masculinity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | male person |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | man |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | man |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | masculine |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | masculinity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | male person |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | male |