VIRILE Synonyms

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• (of a male) capable of copulation

• having great influence

• having or wielding force or authority

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• possessing or exerting or displaying energy

• working hard to promote an enterprise

• characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)

• forceful and definite in expression or action

• a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo

• used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

• male (of grammatical gender)

• associated with men and not with women

• a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

• (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable

• of or relating to or consisting of muscle

• having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer

• having or suggesting great physical power or force

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• having great power or force or potency or effect

• (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

• strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

• having great influence

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• displaying superhuman strength or power

• powerful or influential

• sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

• marked by richness and fullness of flavor

• strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity

• rough and crude

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

• dependable

• used especially of persons

• muscular and heavily built

• having strength or power greater than average or expected

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• not faint or feeble

• having or wielding force or authority

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• of good quality and condition; solidly built

• of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• freshly made or left

• strong and sure

• not making concessions

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

• substantially made or constructed

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity

• strong and active physically or mentally

• infectious; having the ability to cause disease

• extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

• an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

• the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

• a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

• characteristic of a man

• for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys