Thesaurus results for BLOKES

blokes

noun

plural of bloke, chiefly British

as in guys

an adult male human being a couple of friendly blokes offered to show us the sights of London

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Recent Examples of blokes Many have pondered why Mexicans and Mexican Americans have such an affinity for those blokes from across the pond. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Thirty-five years after the band was founded, the Gallaghers’ rise from working-class blokes to British rock gods in Oasis has become the stuff of music legend. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026 The latter kicked off with four seasons of average blokes before finally welcoming a crop of celebrities earlier this year. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026

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Noun

This is a season so overwhelmingly dull that it’s taken three different gay guys to recap it.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of guys

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That study found a rare haplotype — a combination of genes — in the Y chromosomes of males descended from Thomas Jefferson’s uncle.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Females are generally somewhat larger than males and have a pointed, protractable ovipositor (egg-laying organ) at the tip of their abdomens.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of males

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While Star Wars might be known for laser swords and space wizards, it's always been about weird little dudes doing even weirder things.

— Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Even as Swift shines in the light of holy matrimony, there are still plenty of lame dudes out there for Taylor to crush across three-minute pop masterstrokes — and, God-willing, there always will be.

— Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

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