Thesaurus:effeminate man
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: a man exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- bading (Philippines)
- big girl's blouse (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory)
- cockney (obsolete)
- cot-quean (obsolete, derogatory)
- cupcake (slang)
- dudelet (archaic, derogatory)
- fakaleiti (Tonga)
- fairy (derogatory)
- femboy
- gentleman (derogatory)
- ginch (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang)
- girl's blouse (slang, derogatory)
- girlyman (slang, derogatory)
- janegirl (rare)
- jessie (dated, sexist)
- nancy (US & UK, slang, derogatory)
- nancyboy (slang, derogatory)
- nancy pants
- pansy (derogatory)
- poof (Commonwealth, derogatory)
- poofter (Commonwealth, dated, derogatory)
- posy sniffer (slang, derogatory)
- pretty boy
- puss-gentleman (obsolete)
- quiche-eater (idiomatic)
- sissy (derogatory)
- softling (archaic)
- soy boy (slang, derogatory)
- swish (slang, derogatory)
- twink (slang, derogatory)
- zenana (South Asia)
Antonyms
[edit]- hypermasculine man [⇒ thesaurus]
Hyponyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “374. woman” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.