English Explanatory Dictionary

macho

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.
noun
  1. A macho person; a man who is masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.
  2. A very masculine man.
  3. Machismo
  4. The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
  5. A male llama.
noun
  1. Initialism of massive astrophysical compact halo object.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæt͡ʃ.əʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-macho.wav /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊ/

Word forms

macho more macho most macho machos

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish macho (“male”), from Latin masculus. Doublet of male.

Synonyms

macho man jock Chad he-man macho man among men manimal hypermasculine

Antonyms

bading big girl's blouse cockney cot-quean cupcake dudelet fakaleiti fairy femboy gentleman ginch girl's blouse girlyman janegirl jessie nancy nancyboy nancy pants pansy Percy poof poofter posy sniffer pretty boy puss-gentleman quiche-eater sissy softling soy boy swish twink zenana

Related words

machismo masculinist

Derived words

antimacho hypermacho macho dancer machodom machoflops machohood macho-ish machoism machoistic machoistically macho man machoness machosexual macho up nonmacho supermacho ultramacho unmacho
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