males

noun

plural of male
as in guys
an adult male human being research shows that more males than females are responding positively to the new ad campaign

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Recent Examples of males During the season, female tarantulas remain underground and begin emitting strong pheromones to attract males, who leave their burrows in hopes of finding mates, per the University of California. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The kakapo is also the heaviest parrot species, with males weighing up to 9 pounds. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 The altercation was between the Oxnard boy and two other unidentified males. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 However, the numbers for both males and females began to rise again after 2007, increasing by 31%, and those numbers don’t seem to be going down. — Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026 Both White and Freedom have declared for the next WNBA Draft as males. — Jackson Thompson , Patricia Babcock McGraw Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 At that time, his eldest daughter, Maria Adelaide, ascended to the throne—a succession made possible by the abolition of the Salic Law, which had restricted the line of succession to males only. — Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 Studies have linked phthalates with reproductive problems, such as genital malformations and undescended testes in baby boys and lower sperm counts and testosterone levels in adult males. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Her content is mainly focused on chatting up unsuspecting males in public, whose reactions are secretly filmed. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for males
  1. guys
  2. gentlemen
  3. dudes
  4. men
Noun
  • Even guys like Hagen, who are fresh up here giving different perspectives.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Oviedo’s Camari Solomon takes the pitch from Sebastian Galeano, makes several guys miss and takes off for the 80 yard touchdown run.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of guys
Noun
  • That, ladies and gentlemen, is why the stock of Amazon surged Friday and took its hyperscaler peers along for the ride.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a resident big band that sets the tempo for dancing—there are even gentlemen hosts available for ladies—and a DJ rocks the small disco late into the night.
    — Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Definition of gentlemen
Noun
  • In 72 Hours, Hart plays fortysomething advertising executive Joe, who accidentally gets added to a group chat for a bunch of younger dudes' bachelor party weekend.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
  • There’s hippie dudes and Patagonia dudes but also corporate lawyer dudes looking for a night off.
    — Claire Howorth, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Definition of dudes
Noun
  • Steinem then went on to become a freelance journalist in New York during the 1960s — when newsrooms were largely run by men and female reporters were typically restricted in the topics they were allowed to cover.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Two men were arrested in connection with the deaths on Wednesday, in a joint operation involving the State of Mexico Prosecutor’s Office, the federal Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection and the Mexico City Secretariat of Citizen Security.
    — Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of men

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“Males.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/males. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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