manful

The word “manful” has 2 syllables: man-ful

It's pronounced as /ˈmæn.fəl/


What is synonym and antonym for manful?

In the thesaurus, “manful” has 103 synonyms and 64 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for manful along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for manful

  • adventuresome
  • adventurous
  • audacious
  • beefcake
  • bold
  • brash
  • brave
  • brazen
  • comforted
  • courageous
  • crazy
  • daredevil
  • daring
  • dashing
  • dauntless
  • determined
  • dignified
  • doughty
  • emboldened
  • encouraged
  • fearless
  • firm
  • foolhardy
  • foolish
  • gallant
  • game
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • greathearted
  • gritty
  • gutsy
  • gutty
  • half-witted
  • hardy
  • hasty
  • he-man
  • headlong
  • heartened
  • heedless
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • hotheaded
  • hunky
  • impetuous
  • imprudent
  • impulsive
  • incautious
  • insane
  • intrepid
  • lion-hearted
  • lionhearted
  • lunatic
  • macho
  • mad
  • madcap
  • male
  • manlike
  • mannish
  • masculine
  • mettlesome
  • muscular
  • noble
  • nutty
  • overbold
  • overconfident
  • plucky
  • powerful
  • precipitate
  • rash
  • reassured
  • reckless
  • red-blooded
  • resolute
  • robust
  • self-reliant
  • spartan
  • spirited
  • spunky
  • stalwart
  • stately
  • staunch
  • stout
  • stout-hearted
  • stouthearted
  • strapping
  • strong
  • thoughtless
  • two-fisted
  • unafraid
  • undauntable
  • undaunted
  • undeterred
  • undismayed
  • unflinching
  • unswerving
  • valiant
  • valorous
  • venturesome
  • venturous
  • vigorous
  • virile
  • well-built
  • wild

Antonyms for manful

  • afraid
  • agitated
  • anxious
  • appalled
  • apprehensive
  • careful
  • cautious
  • chicken
  • chicken-livered
  • chickenhearted
  • concerned
  • coward
  • cowardly
  • craven
  • dastardly
  • diffident
  • disconcerted
  • dismayed
  • disquieted
  • disturbed
  • fainthearted
  • fearful
  • frightened
  • gutless
  • heedful
  • horrified
  • lily-livered
  • milk-livered
  • mousey
  • mousy
  • nerveless
  • nervous
  • panic-stricken
  • panicked
  • perturbed
  • poltroon
  • poor-spirited
  • prudent
  • pusillanimous
  • scared
  • scary
  • shocked
  • shy
  • skittish
  • spineless
  • spiritless
  • spooked
  • startled
  • terrified
  • terrorized
  • timid
  • timorous
  • unadventurous
  • uncourageous
  • ungallant
  • unheroic
  • unmanly
  • unnerved
  • upset
  • weak
  • weakhearted
  • wimpy
  • worried
  • yellow

Meanings of manful

  • adjective
    1. Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly.
    2. (by extension) Courageous; noble; high-minded.

Example Sentences

  • He made a manful effort to overcome all obstacles in his path.
  • Despite the challenges, she maintained a manful stance and never gave up.
  • The manful attitude he displayed in the face of adversity inspired everyone around him.
  • His manful attempt to resolve the conflict was admirable.
  • She gave a manful response to the difficult situation, handling it with grace and strength.

On this page you'll find 167 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to manful, such as: adventuresome, adventurous, afraid, agitated, anxious, appalled, apprehensive.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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  • Beau Brummell
  • Homeric
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  • admirer
  • adventuresome
  • adventurous
  • apocalyptic
  • apocalyptical
  • attend
  • attentive
  • audacious
  • august
  • awesome
  • awful
  • baronial
  • beau
  • beloved
  • big
  • blade
  • bold
  • boyfriend
  • brash
  • brave
  • brazen
  • buck
  • cavalier
  • celestial
  • chivalrous
  • clotheshorse
  • colossal
  • comforted
  • considerate
  • cosmic
  • cosmical
  • courageous
  • court
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  • courtly
  • coxcomb
  • crazy
  • crush
  • dandy
  • daredevil
  • daring
  • darling
  • dasher
  • dashing
  • date
  • dauntless
  • dear
  • determined
  • dignified
  • divine
  • doughty
  • dude
  • elevated
  • emboldened
  • encouraged
  • ennobled
  • epic
  • escort
  • exalted
  • exquisite
  • extraordinary
  • extravagant
  • fancy Dan
  • favorite
  • fearless
  • fellow
  • fire-eating
  • firm
  • flame
  • foolhardy
  • foolish
  • fop
  • formidable
  • game
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • glorified
  • glorious
  • go out
  • gorgeous
  • gracious
  • grand
  • grandiose
  • great
  • greathearted
  • gritty
  • gutsy
  • gutty
  • hairy
  • half-witted
  • hardy
  • hasty
  • headlong
  • heartened
  • heavenly
  • heedless
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • high
  • high-minded
  • honey
  • honorable
  • hotheaded
  • imperial
  • impetuous
  • imposing
  • impressive
  • imprudent
  • impulsive
  • incautious
  • inflated
  • insane
  • inspiring
  • intended
  • intrepid
  • jay
  • killer
  • kingly
  • knightly
  • lavish
  • lionhearted
  • lofty
  • lordly
  • lounge lizard
  • love
  • lover
  • lunatic
  • luxurious
  • macaroni
  • mad
  • madcap
  • magnanimous
  • magnific
  • magnificent
  • majestic
  • man
  • manful
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • massive
  • mettlesome
  • monstrous
  • monumental
  • moving
  • natural
  • noble
  • numinous
  • nutty
  • old man
  • operatic
  • opulent
  • overblown
  • overbold
  • overconfident
  • palatial
  • palatine
  • plucky
  • polite
  • pompous
  • popinjay
  • precipitate
  • prepossessing
  • pretty boy
  • princely
  • prodigious
  • proud
  • queenly
  • quixotic
  • rash
  • reassured
  • reckless
  • redoubtable
  • regal
  • remarkable
  • resolute
  • resplendent
  • romance
  • royal
  • see
  • sensational
  • significant other
  • spark
  • spirited
  • splendid
  • splendiferous
  • spunky
  • squeeze
  • stalwart
  • stately
  • steady
  • step out
  • stout
  • stouthearted
  • striking
  • stupendous
  • suave
  • sublime
  • suitor
  • sumptuous
  • superb
  • swain
  • sweet
  • sweetheart
  • sweetie
  • sweetie pie
  • swell
  • take out
  • terrific
  • thoughtful
  • thoughtless
  • tremendous
  • unafraid
  • undauntable
  • undaunted
  • undeterred
  • undismayed
  • unflinching
  • unswerving
  • uplifting
  • urbane
  • valentine
  • valiant
  • valorous
  • venerable
  • venturesome
  • venturous
  • wild
  • wonderful
  • wondrous
  • woo
  • wooer
  • worthy

macho

madcap

  • adventuresome
  • adventurous
  • audacious
  • berserk
  • berserker
  • bold
  • brainless
  • brash
  • brave
  • careless
  • courageous
  • cowboy
  • daredevil
  • daring
  • dauntless
  • devil
  • doughty
  • fearless
  • foolhardy
  • foolish
  • frivolous
  • gallant
  • greathearted
  • gutsy
  • hardy
  • harebrained
  • hasty
  • headlong
  • heedless
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • hotdog
  • hotheaded
  • ill-advised
  • impetuous
  • imprudent
  • impulsive
  • incautious
  • inconsiderate
  • intrepid
  • lionhearted
  • lively
  • madman
  • manful
  • overbold
  • overconfident
  • precipitate
  • rash
  • reckless
  • scatterbrained
  • showboat
  • stalwart
  • stout
  • stouthearted
  • stupid
  • temerarious
  • thoughtless
  • undauntable
  • undaunted
  • valiant
  • valorous
  • venturesome
  • venturous
  • wild

ultramasculine

  • Amazonian
  • aggressive
  • boyish
  • butch
  • cocky
  • hairy-chested
  • hoydenish
  • hypermasculine
  • macho
  • male
  • man-size
  • man-sized
  • manful
  • manlike
  • manly
  • mannish
  • masculine
  • potent
  • tomboyish
  • virile

valiant

  • Spartan
  • adventuresome
  • adventurous
  • assertive
  • audacious
  • bold
  • brash
  • brave
  • brazen
  • chivalrous
  • comforted
  • courageous
  • crazy
  • daredevil
  • daring
  • dashing
  • dauntless
  • determined
  • doughty
  • emboldened
  • encouraged
  • fearless
  • fire-eating
  • firm
  • foolhardy
  • foolish
  • gallant
  • game
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • grand
  • great
  • greathearted
  • gritty
  • gutsy
  • gutty
  • half-witted
  • hardy
  • hasty
  • headlong
  • heartened
  • heedless
  • hero
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • high-spirited
  • hotheaded
  • impetuous
  • imprudent
  • impulsive
  • incautious
  • indomitable
  • insane
  • intrepid
  • lion-hearted
  • lionhearted
  • lunatic
  • mad
  • madcap
  • magnanimous
  • manful
  • mettlesome
  • nervy
  • noble
  • nutty
  • overbold
  • overconfident
  • plucky
  • powerful
  • precipitate
  • puissant
  • rash
  • reassured
  • reckless
  • redoubtable
  • resolute
  • self-reliant
  • spirited
  • spunky
  • stalwart
  • steadfast
  • stout
  • stouthearted
  • strong-willed
  • thoughtless
  • unafraid
  • undauntable
  • undaunted
  • undeterred
  • undismayed
  • unflinching
  • unswerving
  • valorous
  • venturesome
  • venturous
  • vigorous
  • wild
  • worthy

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