- male - being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; "a male infant"; "a male holly tree"
Antonyms: female, egg-producing, young-bearing, pistillate, androgynous, bisexual, epicene, gynandromorphic, gynandromorphous, hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite, intersexual, pseudohermaphroditic, pseudohermaphrodite, unisex
- male - for or composed of men or boys; "the male lead"; "masculine attire"
Antonym: feminine (indirect, via masculine)
- male, manful, manlike, manly, virile - characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
Antonym: feminine (indirect, via masculine)
- male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
--1 is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Antonyms: female
--1 has particulars: sire; male horse - male, male person - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
--2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--2 has parts: male body
Antonyms: female, female person
--2 has particulars:boy wonder; chap, fellow, feller, lad, gent, fella, blighter, cuss; foster-brother; male child, boy; male offspring, man-child; man, adult male; man; man; mother's son; sirrah - Male - the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
--3 is a kind of national capital
--3 is a part of Maldives, Republic of Maldives