An American theatre award presented to male? The opposite (7)
I believe the answer is:
antonym
'the opposite' is the definition.
('antonym' can be a synonym of 'opposite')
'an american theatre award presented to male?' is the wordplay.
'an american theatre award' becomes 'antony' (I've seen this in other clues).
'presented to' says to put letters next to each other.
'male?' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'antony'+'m'='ANTONYM'
(Other definitions for antonym that I've seen before include "One's import is contrary" , "As 'happy' is to 'sad' or 'long' to 'short'" , "something completely different" , "Opposite-meaning word" , ""Loud" as opposed to "quiet", for example" .)