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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. characterized by energy and vigor;
- Example: "a virile and ever stronger free society"
- Example: "a new and virile leadership"

2. characteristic of a man;
- Example: "a deep male voice"
- Example: "manly sports"
[syn: male, manful, manlike, manly, virile]

3. (of a male) capable of copulation;
[syn: potent, virile]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Virile \Vi"rile\ (?; 277), a. [L. virilis, fr. vir a man; akin
   to AS. wer: cf. F. viril. See Werewolf, World, and cf.
   Decemvir, Virago, Virtue.]
   Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man;
   characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful;
   forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to
   womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power,
   virile organs.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "virile":
   broad-shouldered, decisive, driving, energetic, forceful,
   hairychested, he-mannish, macho, male, manful, manlike, manly,
   mannish, masculine, potent, robust, ultramasculine, viripotent