Antonyms of adj effeminate

1 sense of effeminate

Sense 1
effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy -- (having unsuitable feminine qualities)

INDIRECT (VIA unmanly) -> manly, manful, manlike -- (possessing qualities befitting a man)

Similarity of adj effeminate

1 sense of effeminate

Sense 1
effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy -- (having unsuitable feminine qualities)
       => unmanly (vs. manly), unmanful, unmanlike -- (not possessing qualities befitting a man)

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