manliness

What does manliness mean?

manliness means "the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male".

How many syllables are in manliness?

manliness has 3 syllables: man-li-ness. The stress falls on "man".

What is another word for manliness?

Close synonyms include manfulness, virility. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is manliness a common word?

manliness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for manliness come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.