Thesaurus:effeminate man
THESAURUS | effeminate man |
English
Synonyms
- badling (rare)
- 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)
- girlyman (slang, derogatory)
- janegirl (rare)
- jessie (dated, sexist)
- nancy (US & UK, slang, derogatory)
- nancyboy (slang, derogatory)
- nancy pants
- pansy (dated, 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 (archiac, derogatory)
- cot-quean (obsolete, derogatory)
- henhussy (obsolete, derogatory)
- janegirl (rare)
- ponce (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory)
- nelly (slang, 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.
- “effeminate man” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.