Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macho man

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: ma-cho -man
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hypermasculine, sexually attractive, virile man.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: macho, alpha male, he-man; see also Thesaurus:hypermasculine man"
"Call him Mister Ego, dig his chains / You can best believe that he's a macho man"
"You better run, you better do what you can / Don’t wanna see no blood, don’t be a macho man"
"The young Machoman in summer makes a beautiful sighting — bare chested, hat sparkling in the sun."

Inflected Forms

macho men (plural) machoman (alternative, nonstandard)

Frequently Paired Words

machismo macho machoism machoman

Synonyms

macho alpha male he-man Chad hombre jock macho man man among men manimal

Antonyms

manbaby manboy man child manchild man-child beta male gamma male sigma male girly girl girlie girl girlie babygirl

Questions

What does macho man mean?: A hypermasculine, sexually attractive, virile man.

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