man

Plural: men

Noun

• An adult human male.
• an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
• someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
• the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
  • "it was every man for himself"
• any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
• a male subordinate
  • "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
• an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
  • "the army will make a man of you"
• a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
  • "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
• 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"
• one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
• game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
• all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
  • "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
• An adult male human.
• An adult male human.
• All human males collectively: mankind.
• An adult male human.
• An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
• An adult male human.
• An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
• An adult male human.
• An adult male servant.
• A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
• A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
• All humans collectively; mankind, humankind, humanity.
• A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
• A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
• Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
• A husband.
• A male lover; a boyfriend.
• Used as the last element of a compound.
• A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
• Used as the last element of a compound.
• A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
• A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
• A vassal; a subject.
• A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
• One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
• A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
• A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
• A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
• A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.

Verb

Verb Forms: manned, manning, mans

• To supply with workers or staff; to operate.
• take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
  • "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
• provide with workers
  • "We cannot man all the desks"
  • "Students were manning the booths"
• To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
• To take up position in order to operate (something).
• To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
• To wait on, attend to or escort.
• To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

Adj

• Synonym of manly. (Only used in man enough.)

Intj

• Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.

Pron

• Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
• You; construed in the third person.
• Any person, one

Name

• A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

Examples

• all the king's men
• Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!
• every man for himself
• He made a simple but effective play of MAN, which opened up a triple-word score.
• Hey, man, how's it goin'? I haven't seen you in months! [they know each other's name]
• Hey, man, thanks for holding the door! [they don't know each other's name, and it doesn't matter]
• I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
• Like master, like man.
• Man don't care.
• Man the machine guns!
• Man thinks I was born yesterday.
• Man's got some new creps.
• Man, that was a great catch!
• Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
• Stay away from my man!
• The entire team was ready to MAN the Scrabble board, strategizing their next move.
• The ship was manned with a small crew.
• The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.

Synonyms

adult male, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, homo, human, human being, human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, Isle of Man, mankind, military man, military personnel, piece, serviceman, valet, valet de chambre, world, Man, baron, bloke, boy, bro, broski, bruh, cat, chap, chappy, chield, cove, covey, dawg, dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang), dude, fella, fellow, gadgie, gate, geezer, gink, gloak, gome, guy, health, his lordship, homeboy, homey, hubby, husband, joe, lede, life, lord and master, man, manly, meeple, nigga, ninja, old man, omi, pillicock, punk, rooster, seg, shalk, token, wallah, wer, were, wye

Antonyms

civilian, woman

Related Words

boyfriend, lover, sexual partner

Anagrams of man