MISANTHROPE
Dictionary entry overview: What does misanthrope mean? • MISANTHROPE (noun)
The noun MISANTHROPE has 1 sense:
1. someone who dislikes people in general
Familiarity information: MISANTHROPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MISANTHROPE (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who dislikes people in general
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
misanthrope; misanthropist
Hypernyms ("misanthrope" is a kind of...):
churl; crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump (a bad-tempered person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misanthrope"):
misogynist; woman hater (a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular)
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