Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | potent, powerful |
| Synonyms: | driving, energetic, forceful, generative, lusty, macho*, procreative, red-blooded, reproductive, robust, sound, strong, vibrant, vigorous, vital |
| Antonyms: | effeminate, impotent, unmanly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful |
| Synonyms: | ball of fire, bullish, cogent, coming on strong, commanding, compelling, constraining, convincing, dominant, dynamic, electric, elemental, energetic, forcible, gutsy, mighty, persuasive, pithy, potent, powerhouse, puissant, punch, punchy, steamroller, stringent, strong, take-charge, take-over, telling, titanic, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, weighty |
| Notes: | forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
| Antonyms: | feeble, impotent, ineffective, meek, unforceful, weak |
| Main Entry: | full-blooded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | purebred; strong |
| Synonyms: | hardy, hearty, powerful, robust, sound, thoroughbred, unmixed, vigorous, virile, vital |
| Main Entry: | handsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, aristocratic, athletic, august, beautiful, becoming, clean-cut, comely, dapper, elegant, fair, fashionable, fine, good-looking, graceful, impressive, lovely, majestic, noble, personable, pulchritudinous, robust, sharp, smart, smooth, spruce, stately, strong, stylish, suave, virile, well-dressed, well-proportioned |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly, unattractive |
| Main Entry: | healthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in good condition |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, active, all right, athletic, blooming, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, chipper, firm, fit, flourishing, fresh, full of life, hale, hardy, healthful, hearty, husky, in fine feather, in fine fettle, in good shape, in the pink, lively, lusty, muscular, normal, physically fit, potent, restored, robust, rosy-cheeked, safe and sound, sound, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, trim, unimpaired, vigorous, virile, well, whole |
| Notes: | healthy is a positive descriptive of a person's (or personified thing's) physical state; healthful of something that favorably affects or promotes that state |
| Antonyms: | delicated, diseased, fragile, ill, indisposed, infirm, poor, sick, sickly, unhealthy, worn |
| Main Entry: | he-man |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | masculine |
| Synonyms: | macho*, male, manful, manly, mannish, muscular, potent, virile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | machismo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | masculinity |
| Synonyms: | macho*, male, manful, manliness, mannish, masculine, muscular, virile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | macho |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | masculine |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, cocky, courageous, manful, manly, potent, ultramasculine, virile |
| Main Entry: | male |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | masculine |
| Synonyms: | macho*, manful, manlike, manly, paternal, potent, virile |
| Antonyms: | female |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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