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)
- (obsolete, derogatory)
- cupcake (slang)
- (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)
- Percy (derogatory, slang)
- poof (Commonwealth, derogatory)
- poofter (Commonwealth, dated, derogatory)
- posy sniffer (slang, derogatory)
- pretty boy
- puss-gentleman (obsolete)
- quiche-eater (idiomatic)
- sissy (derogatory)
- softling (archaic)
- soy boy (slang, derogatory)
- swish (slang, derogatory)
- twink (slang, derogatory)
- zenana (South Asia)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- (archaic, derogatory)
- (obsolete, derogatory)
- (obsolete, derogatory)
- (rare)
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory)
- (slang, derogatory)
- softboy (often derogatory)
Hypernyms
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.