Thesaurus:effeminate man

THESAURUS

effeminate man

English

Synonyms

badling (rare)

big girl's blouse (UK, Australia, derogatory)

cockney (obsolete)

cot-quean (obsolete, derogatory)

cupcake (slang)

dudelet (archaic, derogatory)

fakaleiti (Tonga)

gentleman (derogatory)

ginch (UK, slang)

girlyman (slang, derogatory)

Jessie (slang)

nancy (US & UK, slang, derogatory)

nancyboy (slang, derogatory)

nancy pants

pansy (dated, derogatory)

poofter (Commonwealth, dated, derogatory)

posy sniffer (slang, derogatory)

puss-gentleman (obsolete)

quiche-eater (idiomatic)

sissy (derogatory)

softling (archaic)

soy boy (slang, derogatory)

twink (slang, derogatory)

Antonyms

hypermasculine man [WS]

Hyponyms

betty (archiac, derogatory)

cot-quean (obsolete, derogatory)

henhussy (obsolete, derogatory)

janegirl (rare)

ponce (UK & Ireland, slang, derogatory)

nelly (slang, derogatory)

Hypernyms

man [WS]

See also

Further reading

“160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“374. woman” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“effeminate man” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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