Amazonian

adjective

Definition of Amazoniannext
as in butch

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Recent Examples of Amazonian Miners use mercury to separate gold from impurities, poisoning Amazonian waterways that sustain indigenous communities and endangered wildlife. — Jhanisse Vaca Daza, Time, 6 June 2026 Kambo is a poisonous secretion from an Amazonian tree frog, used by some indigenous people as traditional medicine. — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 29 May 2026 Drilling down into specific examples where Netflix has had local impact, Sarandos floated Frontera Verde, a Colombian thriller for which 30 of the 150 crew members came from the local Amazonian community. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2026 Colombia's diverse geography, which includes the Andes mountains, Amazonian jungles, deserts and grasslands, contributes to the country's large bird population. — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for Amazonian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Amazonian
  1. butch
  2. tomboyish
  3. hypermasculine
  4. macho
  5. male
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  • Model/Actriz join in, with awesomely butch robot commands over the industrial beats.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Architecturally speaking, the Art Nouveau movement, which was mostly over by World War I, was a good start to the 20th century, considering the more concrete, less dreamy, more butch architecture that would come later.
    — Benjamin Moser, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of butch
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  • Alex, pointedly called Alexa by her mother (Florencia Lozano), who hates Alex’s tomboyish style, works in a bodega and looks after her brother a lot.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Embrace those tomboyish vibes with a coordinated set like Bella Hadid's powder-blue look, or give them a fashion-forward twist by pairing them with a statement top like Palmer.
    — Maggie Kreienberg, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Definition of tomboyish
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  • Many of Mifune's films cast him in hypermasculine roles, though Mifune’s performances were often layered.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The Tate brothers, who openly describe themselves as misogynists, built a global following by promoting a lavish, hypermasculine lifestyle through their social media empire.
    — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of hypermasculine
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  • The host was too busy discussing bow hunting and jiu-jitsu with Meta’s newly macho main character to delve too much into his controversial policies that later led to an $18 billion settlement.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • An actor known for his macho presence and muscular physique, Sylvester Stallone does not fit the stereotype of a person with an eating disorder.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of macho
Adjective
  • Older male actors are particularly common bait, according to Arrigoni.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
  • First, the sequence pays homage to the nightclub scene in Gilda (1946), in which Rita Hayworth dances in a long shot amid ogling male patrons, tracked by a concentrated spotlight.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Amazonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Amazonian. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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