Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anti-man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.95 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti--man
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A homosexual man.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"[…] an anti-man (i.e. a homosexual). The situation is sometimes resolved by a female relation of the man […]"
"Eugenia O'Neal, Jessamine No sah. Not no American coming down fe be we First Lady and lording it over us. We rather have an anti-man fe we Prime Minister first."
"quoted in 2024, Declan Kavanagh, Jeremy Chow, Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading 'Morris, I am an individual, specific, not generic. I am no more a pooftah than I am a homo, buller, or anti-man.'"

Usage

Inflected Forms

anti-men (plural)

Synonyms

panty man

Questions

What does anti-man mean?: A homosexual man.

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