as in masculinity
the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men
their annual guys-only hunting trip is a celebration of macho
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Recent Examples of macho
Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The father wants the boy to be a macho because surely his own father forced him to be one.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Like a Faustian figure, Kilmer’s Elvis plays to Clarence’s macho aspiration.
—Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The 5-foot-10, 196-pound Alexander is a pretend macho, tough guy.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The father wants the boy to be a macho because surely his own father forced him to be one.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
Imagine Top Gun but with the macho pilot rivalries egged on by synth-pop bangers.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Like a Faustian figure, Kilmer’s Elvis plays to Clarence’s macho aspiration.
—Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macho
Noun
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His rise began with the 2016 toxic masculinity hazing drama Goat.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
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Touch is fundamental to human development, but gendered expectations around masculinity tend to strip positive touch out of some boys' lives.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Some Republican women who might have considered running also balked at campaigning in the hypermasculine politics of the moment.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Making money has long been manly in the Trumpian universe, but now so is losing it.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology Macho comes from the Spanish word meaning ‘male’ or ‘manly’ which was derived from the Latin masculus, also the root of the English masculine.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Strapping began as a clothing line designed for women seeking masculine styles, Weinberg said.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2025
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The loafers are braided and have a silhouette more similar to a slipper than a masculine shoe.—
Isabel Serra,
Glamour,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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During his campaign for reelection in 2024, Trump, who turns 79 in June, sold digital trading cards that featured virile depictions of himself as a cowboy, superhero and astronaut, among other images.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
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In The Empire’s frame, residents of a coastal village in northern France — gruff, virile fisherman Jony (Brandon Vlieghe) and teenage tease Line (Lyna Khoudri) — reveal their oddball allegiance to extraterrestrial invaders.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a sad irony here: the radiant plumage of the male lyrebird – evolved to increase its mating opportunities with female lyrebirds – nearly led to its demise due to demand from humans who wanted to use it for more or less the same evolutionary reason.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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But the Parisian art scene remained a heavily male milieu in which Lijn, as a young woman, often felt dismissed.—
Marina Isgro,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Macho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macho. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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