Synonyms for "manful" (29 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

boldbravebullchivalrouscombativecourageous

Strong matches (9)

forcefulgallantgentlemanlygreatheartedgutsyhardyheroicintrepidknightly

Related words (14)

lionheartedmaneuvermanlymannishmasculinestalwartstoutstoutheartedvaliantvalorous

Adjective(4 words)

malemanlikemanlyvirile

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

manly

Related terms

1 entries

mainful

derived

3 entries

manfullymanfulnessunmanful

derived from

1 entries

man

related to

7 entries

courageoushigh mindedmachomainfulmanmanlynoble

similar

3 entries

man-sizedmasculine

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If Cousin wasn’t trying so hard to be manful, he’d be crying.

Source: wiktionary

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.