Thesaurus results for HOMBRE

hombre

noun

ˈäm-brā

Definition of hombre

as in guy

an adult male human being two tough-looking hombres sauntered into the bar and ordered … lemonade

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Recent Examples of hombre Latino culture typecasts hombres as eternal machos always a few drinks away from brawling or bawling. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Those folks at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio were only dangling 200 feet above terra firma for ten minutes, but for this hombre, that’s ten minutes too many. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026 As the leader of a ragtag group of hombres out to defend a helpless community from a violent sociopath (Peter Sarsgaard), Denzel shoots for the strong, silent type but winds up somewhere between dull and bored. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025 Sheridan saw it in 1883, when Marshal Jim Courtright turned from amiable lawman to stone killer in a barroom full of bad hombres. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hombre

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Noun

The only way to make the bad guys sweat is to hand them a subpoena — or, at the least, to depict them unflatteringly on television.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
My first boyfriend left me high and dry just before it, and another guy took me.

— Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of guy

Noun

Is there a kind and polite way to tell this gentleman to stop telling me jokes?

— Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
And so Eton’s uniform became codified around gentleman’s fashions of the 1800s, even though the dress code was not made official until 1964.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gentleman

Noun

An OutKick reporter pressed both White and Fire coach Alex Sarama on their stances on whether biological males should be allowed to compete in women's sports.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
According to police, the suspect was a white male who had a bike and fled the scene.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of male

Noun

These two dudes hit me in the head and pointed a gun at me with a knife and then took off.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
The rumba is much slower and more controlled than Ezra’s had to do before, which is a challenge at first, but my dude clearly gets the hang of it by showtime.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of dude

Noun

Federal prosecutors have accused a Cuban man living as a lawful permanent resident in Cass County of voting illegally.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
The increase in online sports betting has worsened mental health problems in younger men, leading to more hospital visits as a result.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of man

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