man
1. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) (Freq. 749)
- there were two women and six men on the bus
• Syn:
adult male
• Ant:
woman
• Derivationally related forms:
manly
• Hypernyms:
male, male person, adult, grownup
• Hyponyms:
Black man, white man, yellow man, babu, baboo,
bachelor, unmarried man, bey, boy, boyfriend, fellow,
beau, swain, young man, ex-boyfriend, bull, bruiser,
strapper, Samson, dandy, dude, fop, gallant,
sheik, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse, ejaculator, Esquire,
Esq, eunuch, castrate, father figure, father surrogate, father-figure,
buster, galoot, geezer, gentleman, grass widower, divorced man,
guy, cat, hombre, bozo, Herr, Hooray Henry,
housefather, hunk, ex-husband, ex, inamorato, iron man,
ironman, ironside, adonis, middle-aged man, Monsieur, old boy,
old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah, patriarch, paterfamilias,
Peter Pan, ponce, posseman, Senhor, shaver, signor,
signior, signore, sir, stiff, stud, he-man,
macho-man, Tarzan, widower, widowman, womanizer, womaniser,
philanderer, wonder boy, golden boy, young buck
• Instance Hyponyms:
Adam, Cain, Abel, Seth, Ham,
Japheth, Shem
• Part Meronyms:
adult male body, man's body
2. someone who serves in the armed forces;
a member of a military force (Freq. 346)
- two men stood sentry duty
• Syn:
serviceman, military man, military personnel
• Ant:
civilian (for: serviceman)
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
• Hyponyms:
air force officer, commander, artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner,
machine gunner, bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy, commando,
ranger, draftee, conscript, inductee, enlisted person, Marine,
devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier, military officer, officer, noncombatant,
occupier, striper, veteran, vet, ex-serviceman, veteran soldier,
volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary
• Member Holonyms:
military unit, military force, military group, force
3. the generic use of the word to refer to any human being (Freq. 87)
- it was every man for himself
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
4. any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage (Freq. 29)
• Syn:
homo, human being, human
• Derivationally related forms:
human (for: human)
• Members of this Topic:
prepubescent, prepubertal, body, organic structure, physical structure,
side, nutrition, schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch, polydactyly, hyperdactyly,
syndactyly, syndactylism
• Hypernyms:
hominid
• Hyponyms:
world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings,
humans, mankind, Homo erectus, Homo soloensis, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens,
Homo sapiens, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis,
Rhodesian man, Homo rhodesiensis
• Member Holonyms:
genus Homo
• Part Meronyms:
loin, lumbus, human body, physical body, material body,
soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape,
bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh, body hair,
mane, head of hair, human head, foot, human foot, pes,
pes, hand, manus, mitt, paw,
face, human face
5. a male subordinate (Freq. 4)
- the chief stationed two men outside the building
- he awaited word from his man in Havana
• Hypernyms:
subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier
6. an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent) (Freq. 3)
- the army will make a man of you
• Derivationally related forms:
manly
• Hypernyms:
male, male person
7. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
• Syn:
valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman
• Derivationally related forms:
valet (for: valet)
• Hypernyms:
manservant, body servant
8. a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- she takes good care of her man
• Ant:
woman
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
male, male person, lover
9. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- he taught me to set up the men on the chess board
- he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage
• Syn:
piece
• Hypernyms:
game equipment
• Hyponyms:
black, checker, chequer, chessman, chess piece,
tile, white
10. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- all the world loves a lover
- she always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women
• Syn:
world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings,
humans, mankind
• Hypernyms:
homo, human being, human, group, grouping
• Member Meronyms:
people
1. take charge of a certain job;
occupy a certain work place (Freq. 2)
- Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning
• Hypernyms:
work, do work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. provide with workers
- We cannot man all the desks
- Students were manning the booths
• Hypernyms:
staff
• Hyponyms:
crew
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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