Definition for Effeminate:

• To grow womanish or weak.

Synonyms for Effeminate:

• adj.

  •castrated (adjective)
  • unmanned,
  • desexed.
  •effeminate (adjective)
  • feminine,
  • delicate,
  • soft,
  • gentle,
  • girlish.
  •female (adjective)
  • maternal,
  • muliebrous.
  •having female qualities (adjective)
  • womanlike,
  • womanly.
  •unmanly (adjective)
  • more unmanful,
  • de-grading,
  • un-manful,
  • most unmanful,
  • de grading,
  • un manly,
  • un-manlier,
  • most unmanlike,
  • dis honorable,
  • dis-honorable,
  • un manful,
  • un manlike,
  • un-manly,
  • un manlier,
  • more unmanlike,
  • un-manliest,
  • un-manlike,
  • un manliest.
  •womanish (adjective)
  • most unmasculine,
  • un-masculine,
  • more unmasculine,
  • un masculine.

• n.

  •
  • gender.
  •cissy (noun)
  • cissy.
  •effeminate (noun)
  • epicene,
  • sissyish,
  • weak,
  • sissy,
  • emasculate,
  • sissified.
  •unmanly (noun)
  • study at female.

• n. & a.

  •femininity/feminine (noun, adjective)
  • fertiles,
  • most womanliness,
  • more gender,
  • most gender,
  • womanlinesses,
  • gynics,
  • more womanliness,
  • more feminine,
  • womanishes,
  • most womanhood,
  • more womanhood,
  • effetes,
  • more gynic,
  • most gynic.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • effete,
  • machismo,
  • masculinity,
  • male-dominated,
  • macho,
  • MASC,
  • boyish.
  •
  • manhood.
  •
  • male.
  •
  • camp.

Antonyms for Effeminate:

• adj.

  • having female qualities
    manly, masculine.
  • Other antonyms:
    manful, mannish, manlike.

Effeminate Sentence Examples:

• He was quite slender in stature and somewhat effeminate in manners and speech.

• An effeminate man appears even worse than a masculine woman.

Homophones for Effeminate:

• ebonite, Ebionite, even out, even-toed, eventide, effendi, evenhanded, eventuate, event.