Thesaurus:effeminate man

Thesaurus

effeminate man

English

Noun

Sense: a man exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female

Synonyms

• 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)
• puss-gentleman (obsolete)
• quiche-eater (idiomatic)
• sissy (derogatory)
• softling (archaic)
• soy boy (slang, derogatory)
• swish (slang, derogatory)
• twink (slang, derogatory)

Antonyms

• hypermasculine man    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• betty (archaic, derogatory)
• cot-quean (obsolete, derogatory)
• henhussy (obsolete, derogatory)
• janegirl (rare)
• ponce (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory)
• nelly (slang, derogatory)
• softboy (often derogatory)

Hypernyms

• man    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:male homosexual
• Thesaurus:coward
• Thesaurus:milksop
• Thesaurus:dandy

Further reading

• “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “374. woman” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.