males

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 National polling consistently shows that between 75-80% of voting Americans oppose biological males competing in women’s sports. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The suspects are described as Black males between the ages of 16 and 20 with a thin to medium build who were wearing all black clothing, ski masks and red gloves with black palms, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 The positive identification of the two males is ongoing, police said. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 The males die after a hookup; the females return to Lake Erie to lay their eggs. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 In our new study published in the journal iScience, my colleagues and I found similar effects of choice overload in female gray tree frogs when faced with too many calls from males looking for love. — Claire Therese Hemingway, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 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, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for males
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
Noun
  • Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the decidedly forgettable experience of falling for a phishing scam—or in this case, the simulation of one.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This, ladies and gentlemen, is what’s known in the editing bay as foreshadowing.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • There are so few CEO roles, and there is a desire to make sure that women are more perfect than men.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • His message to men dealing with low energy, slow recovery or lagging strength is practical.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Males.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/males. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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