male

male is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as adjective, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Mal-. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. See Mal-.
2. adjective. Evil; wicked; bad.
3. noun. Same as Mail, a bag.
4. transitive verb. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.
5. transitive verb. Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
6. transitive verb. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
7. transitive verb. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
8. transitive verb. Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.
9. noun. An animal of the male sex.
10. noun. A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
11. noun. an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
12. noun. the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
13. noun. a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
14. adjective. 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"

15. adjective. for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

    "the male lead"

    "the male population"

16. adjective. characteristic of a man

    "a deep male voice"

    "manly sports"

    Synonyms: manful, manlike, manly, virile

Synonyms

manful, manlike, manly, virile

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in male:

alem, alme, amel, elam, lame, leam, meal, mela

Common word forms

males, maleness

Words from these letters

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