effeminate

The word “effeminate” has 4 syllables: ef-fem-i-nate

It's pronounced as /ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for effeminate?

In the thesaurus, “effeminate” has 23 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for effeminate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for effeminate

Antonyms for effeminate

  • manlike
  • manly
  • mannish
  • masculine
  • virile

Meanings of effeminate

  • noun
    1. An effeminate person.
  • verb
    1. To make womanly; to unman.
    2. To become womanly.
  • adjective
    1. (of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.
    2. Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.

Example Sentences

  • Despite societal stereotypes, his fashion sense was far from effeminate.
  • The character in the novel was depicted as effeminate, challenging traditional notions of masculinity.
  • He faced discrimination because of his perceived effeminate mannerisms.
  • The actor portrayed the effeminate character with sensitivity and depth.
  • It's important to challenge stereotypes and embrace diversity, including those who may be perceived as effeminate.

On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to effeminate, such as: antimacho, camp, campy, dandyish, dudish, effete, epicene.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

camp

  • Daliesque
  • Hooverville
  • accommodate
  • affected
  • antimacho
  • arch
  • artificial
  • avant-garde
  • bach
  • barrack
  • barracks
  • bestow
  • billet
  • bivouac
  • board
  • bungalow
  • bunk
  • cabana
  • cabin
  • campfire
  • campground
  • camping ground
  • campsite
  • campy
  • cantonment
  • canvas
  • canvass
  • caravansary
  • chalet
  • chamber
  • colony
  • concentration camp
  • cot
  • cottage
  • dacha
  • dandyish
  • domicile
  • dudish
  • effeminate
  • effete
  • encamp
  • encampment
  • ensconce
  • epicene
  • far-out
  • feminine
  • foppish
  • girlie
  • girlish
  • girly
  • harbor
  • hogan
  • home
  • hooch
  • hootch
  • house
  • hovel
  • hut
  • hutch
  • hutment
  • in
  • installation
  • jungle
  • laager
  • leaguer
  • lean-to
  • lodge
  • log cabin
  • mannered
  • mod
  • old-maidish
  • ostentatious
  • overnice
  • plantation
  • pop
  • post
  • posturing
  • prison camp
  • prissy
  • put up
  • quarter
  • roof
  • room
  • roost
  • sappy
  • secure
  • settlement
  • shack
  • shanty
  • shantytown
  • shed
  • shelter
  • sissified
  • sissy
  • spinsterish
  • stable
  • summer home
  • summerhouse
  • take in
  • tent
  • tent city
  • tentage
  • tepee
  • tilt
  • unmanly
  • wickiup
  • wigwam
  • wild
  • womanish
  • womanlike
  • womanly

campy

  • absurd
  • affected
  • agreeable
  • airish
  • amusing
  • antic
  • antimacho
  • apish
  • artificial
  • artsy
  • asinine
  • assumed
  • awkward
  • batty
  • bizarre
  • blithe
  • blithesome
  • boffo
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • camp
  • ceremonious
  • charming
  • cheerful
  • cheering
  • chichi
  • chucklesome
  • clownish
  • comedic
  • comic
  • comical
  • conceited
  • conscious
  • contrived
  • counterfeit
  • counterfeited
  • crazy
  • cut up
  • daffy
  • dandyish
  • delightful
  • derisive
  • derisory
  • dippy
  • diverting
  • dramaturgic
  • droll
  • dudish
  • dumb
  • eccentric
  • effeminate
  • effete
  • enchanting
  • engaging
  • enjoyable
  • entertaining
  • epicene
  • epigrammatic
  • exaggerated
  • facetious
  • faked
  • false
  • fanciful
  • fantastic
  • farcical
  • feigned
  • feminine
  • flaky
  • flip
  • flippant
  • fooling around
  • foolish
  • foppish
  • for grins
  • fraud
  • fraudulent
  • freaky
  • frolicsome
  • fun
  • funny
  • gagged up
  • gay
  • gelastic
  • girlie
  • girlish
  • girly
  • gladdening
  • gleeful
  • gone Hollywood
  • goofy
  • gratifying
  • gut-busting
  • ham
  • hammy
  • happy
  • har-har
  • hare-brained
  • highfalutin
  • hilarious
  • histrionic
  • histrionical
  • hollow
  • humoristic
  • humorous
  • hysteric
  • hysterical
  • idiotic
  • illogical
  • imitated
  • inane
  • incongruous
  • ingenious
  • insincere
  • intelligent
  • interesting
  • irrational
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • jokey
  • joking
  • joky
  • jolly
  • joshing
  • jovial
  • joyous
  • keen
  • killing
  • knockabout
  • kooky
  • la-di-da
  • laffer
  • laughable
  • laughing
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • loony
  • ludicrous
  • mad
  • madcap
  • mannered
  • melodramatic
  • meretricious
  • merry
  • mirthful
  • mischievous
  • mocking
  • nonsensical
  • nutty
  • odd
  • off the wall
  • old-maidish
  • operatic
  • original
  • ostentatious
  • outrageous
  • overdone
  • overnice
  • pedantic
  • penetrating
  • pert
  • phony
  • piercing
  • piquant
  • playacting
  • playful
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pompous
  • posed
  • precious
  • preposterous
  • pretended
  • pretentious
  • priceless
  • prissy
  • put on
  • quaint
  • quick-witted
  • quizzical
  • ribald
  • rich
  • ridiculous
  • riot
  • riotous
  • risible
  • roguish
  • sappy
  • schmaltzy
  • scintillating
  • scream
  • screaming
  • screwy
  • self-conscious
  • shallow
  • sham
  • showy
  • side-splitting
  • sidesplitting
  • silly
  • simulated
  • sissified
  • sissy
  • slapstick
  • slapsticky
  • smart
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • snickery
  • sparkling
  • spinsterish
  • sportive
  • spurious
  • staged
  • stagy
  • stiff
  • stilted
  • stuck-up
  • studied
  • stupid
  • superficial
  • teasing
  • theatric
  • theatrical
  • thespian
  • tomfool
  • too funny for words
  • tragic
  • twee
  • unmanly
  • unnatural
  • unreal
  • unreasonable
  • unusual
  • uproarious
  • vaudeville
  • wacky
  • waggish
  • whimsical
  • witty
  • womanish
  • womanlike
  • womanly
  • wry
  • zany

ultrafeminine

  • distaff
  • effeminate
  • effete
  • epicene
  • female
  • feminine
  • girlie
  • girlish
  • girly
  • ladylike
  • petticoat
  • sissified
  • sissy
  • unmanly
  • womanish
  • womanlike
  • womanly

dandyish

effete


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