Dictionary entry details
• MAN (noun)
Meaning:
An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
man; adult male
Context example:
there were two women and six men on the bus
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)
Meronyms (parts of "man"):
adult male body; man's body (the body of an adult man)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "man"):
graybeard; greybeard; Methuselah; old man (a man who is very old)
old boy; old man (a familiar term of address for a man)
Monsieur (used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English 'Mr')
middle-aged man (a man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old)
adonis (any handsome young man)
junior (the younger of two men)
ironside (a man of great strength or bravery)
iron man; ironman (a strong man of exceptional physical endurance)
inamorato (a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship)
ex; ex-husband (a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband)
hunk (a well-built sexually attractive man)
housefather (a man in charge of children in an institution)
paterfamilias; patriarch (the male head of family or tribe)
Peter Pan (a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up)
posseman (an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse)
young buck; young man (a teenager or a young adult male)
golden boy; wonder boy (a man who is unusually successful at an early age)
philanderer; womaniser; womanizer (a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them)
widower; widowman (a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried)
Tarzan ((sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs))
he-man; macho-man; stud (a man who is virile and sexually active)
stiff (an ordinary man)
sir (term of address for a man)
signore (an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English 'sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name))
signior; signor (used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately)
shaver (an adult male who shaves)
Senhor (a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English 'Mr')
Hooray Henry (a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man)
Black man (a man who is Black)
beau; clotheshorse; dandy; dude; fashion plate; fop; gallant; sheik; swell (a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance)
bruiser; bull; Samson; strapper (a large and strong and heavyset man)
exboyfriend (a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend)
beau; boyfriend; fellow; swain; young man (a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman)
boy (a friendly informal reference to a grown man)
bey ((formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt)
bachelor; unmarried man (a man who has never been married)
baboo; babu (used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English 'Mr')
yellow man (offensive term for an Oriental man)
white man (a man who is White)
ejaculator (a man who ejaculates semen)
Esq; Esquire (a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name)
castrate; eunuch (a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction)
bozo; cat; guy; hombre (an informal term for a youth or man)
divorced man; grass widower (a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife)
gentleman (a man of refinement)
bloke; geezer (a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric)
Herr (a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English)
galoot (a disreputable or clumsy man)
buster; dude; fellow (an informal form of address for a man)
father-figure (a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically)
father figure; father surrogate (a man who takes over all the functions of the real father)
Instance hyponyms:
Adam ((Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race)
Abel ((Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain)
Cain ((Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God)
Seth ((Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel)
Ham ((Old Testament) son of Noah)
Shem ((Old Testament) eldest son of Noah)
Japheth ((Old Testament) son of Noah)
Antonym:
woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Meaning:
Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
serviceman; military man; military personnel; man
Context example:
two men stood sentry duty
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "man"):
noncombatant (a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon))
occupier (a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country)
striper (a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service)
ex-serviceman; vet; veteran (a person who has served in the armed forces)
veteran; veteran soldier (a serviceman who has seen considerable active service)
military volunteer; voluntary; volunteer ((military) a person who freely enlists for service)
military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)
devil dog; leatherneck; Marine; shipboard soldier (a member of the United States Marine Corps)
enlisted person (a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer)
conscript; draftee; inductee (someone who is drafted into military service)
commando; ranger (a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids)
bluejacket; navy man; sailor; sailor boy (a serviceman in the navy)
artilleryman; cannoneer; gunner; machine gunner (a serviceman in the artillery)
air force officer; commander (an officer in the airforce)
Holonyms ("man" is a member of...):
force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)
Meaning:
The generic use of the word to refer to any human being
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
it was every man for himself
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meaning:
Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
human; human being; homo; man
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)
Meronyms (parts of "man"):
loin; lumbus (either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds)
face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)
arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)
foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)
human head (the head of a human being)
head of hair; mane (growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being)
body hair (short hair growing over a person's body)
anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma (alternative names for the body of a human being)
Domain member category:
side (either the left or right half of a body)
given birth ((used especially of human beings) born)
prepubertal; prepubescent ((especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth)
syndactylism; syndactyly (birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes)
hyperdactyly; polydactyly (birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes)
schistosome dermatitis; swimmer's itch (a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes)
nutrition (the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans))
body; organic structure; physical structure (the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "man"):
Homo sapiens (the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc)
human beings; human race; humanity; humankind; humans; man; mankind; world (all of the living human inhabitants of the earth)
Homo erectus (extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain)
Homo soloensis (extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus)
Homo habilis (extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics)
Homo rhodesiensis; Rhodesian man (a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa)
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neandertal; Neandertal man; Neanderthal; Neanderthal man (extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia)
Holonyms ("man" is a member of...):
genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)
Meaning:
A male subordinate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context examples:
the chief stationed two men outside the building / he awaited word from his man in Havana
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
foot soldier; subordinate; subsidiary; underling (an assistant subject to the authority or control of another)
Meaning:
An adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
the army will make a man of you
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)
Meaning:
A male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
she takes good care of her man
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
lover (a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage)
male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Antonym:
woman (a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man)
Meaning:
A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
gentleman's gentleman; valet; valet de chambre; gentleman; man
Context example:
Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
body servant (a valet or personal maid)
manservant (a man servant)
Meaning:
One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Isle of Man; Man
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meaning:
Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
man; piece
Context examples:
he taught me to set up the men on the chess board / he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
game equipment (equipment or apparatus used in playing a game)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "man"):
white ((board games) the lighter pieces)
chess piece; chessman (any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess)
checker (one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers)
black ((board games) the darker pieces)
Meaning:
All of the living human inhabitants of the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mankind; humans; humankind; human race; human beings; humanity; world; man
Context examples:
all the world loves a lover / she always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women
Hypernyms ("man" is a kind of...):
homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Meronyms (members of "man"):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
• MAN (verb)
Meaning:
Take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning
Hypernyms (to "man" is one way to...):
do work; work (be employed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Provide with men
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
We cannot man all the desks
Hypernyms (to "man" is one way to...):
staff (provide with staff)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "man"):
crew (serve as a crew member on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
