mannish

mannish

adjective

Definition of MANNISH

1

of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men <a woman with a somewhat mannish gait>

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

Related Words hairy-chested, hypermasculine, macho, ultramasculine; boyish, hoydenish, tomboyish; Amazonian, butch

Near Antonyms metrosexual, unmacho; effeminate, girlish, sissified, sissy; feminine, womanish, womanlike, womanly; emasculated, impotent, weakened; androgynous, neuter

Antonyms unmanly, unmasculine

2

having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman <for her first outing as a spelunker she wore the same mannish jeans as the guys>

Synonyms hoydenish, manlike, mannish, tomboyish, unladylike, unwomanly

Related Words gentlemanly, male, manly, masculine

Near Antonyms effeminate, girlish, sissified, sissy, unmanly, unmasculine, womanish, womanlike; distaff, petticoat

Antonyms female, feminine, ladylike, womanly