English > man: 13 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman). |
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| Synonym | adult male |
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| Instances | Abel | (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man |
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| Adam | (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology |
| Cain | (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man |
| Ham | (Old Testament) son of Noah |
| Japheth | (Old Testament) son of Noah |
| Seth | (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve |
| Shem | (Old Testament) eldest son of Noah |
| Parts | adult male body, man's body | The body of an adult man |
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| Narrower | Esquire, Esq | A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight |
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| Herr | A German man |
| Hooray Henry | A lively and ineffectual upper-class young man |
| Monsieur | Used as a French courtesy title |
| Peter Pan | A boyish or immature man |
| Senhor | A Portuguese title of respect |
| Tarzan | (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs) |
| adonis | Any handsome young man |
| babu, baboo | Used as a Hindi courtesy title |
| bachelor, unmarried man | A man who has never / never been married |
| bey | (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt |
| boy | A friendly informal reference to a grown man |
| boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain | A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman |
| bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson | A large and strong and heavyset man |
| dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse | A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance |
| ejaculator | A man who ejaculates semen |
| eunuch, castrate | A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction |
| ex-boyfriend | A man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend |
| ex-husband, ex | A man who was formerly a certain woman's husband |
| 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 |
| fellow, dude, buster | An informal form of address for a man |
| galoot | A disreputable or clumsy man |
| geezer | A man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric |
| gentleman | A man of refinement |
| grass widower, divorced man | A man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife |
| guy, cat, hombre, bozo, sod | An informal British term for a youth or man |
| housefather | A man in charge of children in an institution |
| hunk | A well-built sexually attractive man |
| inamorato | A man with whom you are in love or have an intimate / intimate relationship |
| iron man, ironman | A strong man of exceptional physical endurance |
| ironside | A man of great strength or bravery |
| middle-aged man | A man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old |
| old boy, old man | A familiar term of address for a man |
| old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah | A man who is very old |
| patriarch, paterfamilias | The male head of family or tribe / tribe |
| ponce | A man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses |
| posseman | An able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse |
| shaver | An adult male who shaves |
| signor, signior | Used as an Italian courtesy title |
| signore | An Italian title of respect for a man |
| sir | Term of address for a man |
| stiff | An ordinary man |
| stud, he-man, macho-man | A man who is virile and sexually active |
| white man | A man who is White |
| widower, widowman | A man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried |
| womanizer, womaniser, philanderer | A man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them |
| wonder boy, golden boy | A man who is unusually successful at an early age |
| young buck, young man | A teenager or a young adult male |
| Broader | adult, grownup | A fully developed person from maturity onward |
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| male, male person | A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies |
| Opposite | woman, adult female | An adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
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| Spanish | hombre adulto, hombre, varón |
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| Catalan | baró, home adult, home, mascle |
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| Adjectives | manly | possessing qualities befitting a man |
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| manly | characteristic of a man |
English > man: 13 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force. |
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| Synonyms | serviceman, military man, military personnel |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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| Member of | military unit, military force, military group, force | A unit that is part of some military service |
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| Narrower | Marine, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier | A member of the United States Marine Corps |
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| air force officer, commander | An officer in the airforce |
| artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner | A serviceman in the artillery |
| bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy | A serviceman in the navy |
| commando, ranger | A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids |
| draftee, conscript, inductee | someone who is drafted into military service |
| enlisted person | A serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer |
| military officer, officer | Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command |
| 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 |
| veteran, vet, ex-serviceman | A person who has served in the armed forces |
| veteran, veteran soldier | A serviceman who has seen considerable active service |
| volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary | (military) a person who freely enlists for service |
| Broader | skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman | A worker who has acquired special skills |
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| Opposite | civilian | A nonmilitary citizen |
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| Spanish | militar |
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| Catalan | militar |
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English > man: 13 senses > noun 4, animal| Meaning | Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
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| Synonyms | homo, human being, human |
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| Category of | body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
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| nutrition | The scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans) |
| polydactyly, hyperdactyly | birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes |
| prepubescent, prepubertal | (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty |
| schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch | A sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes |
| side | Either the left or right half of a body |
| syndactyly, syndactylism | birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes |
| Member of | genus Homo | type genus of the family Hominidae |
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| Parts | arm | A human limb |
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| body hair | short hair growing over a person's body |
| face, human face | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear |
| foot, human foot, pes | The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint |
| hand, manus, mitt, paw | The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb |
| human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh | Alternative names for the body of a human being |
| human head | The head of a human being |
| loin, lumbus | Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds |
| mane, head of hair | growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being |
| Narrower | Homo erectus | Extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain |
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| Homo habilis | Extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics / characteristics |
| Homo sapiens | The only surviving hominid |
| Homo soloensis | Extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene |
| Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis | Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia |
| Rhodesian man, Homo rhodesiensis | A primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa |
| world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man | All of the living human inhabitants of the earth |
| Broader | hominid | A primate of the family Hominidae |
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| Spanish | hombre, homo, humana, humanidad, humano, ser humano |
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| Catalan | ésser humà, home, homo, humà |
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English > man: 13 senses > noun 11, animal| Meaning | All of the living human inhabitants of the earth. |
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| Example | "she always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women" |
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| Synonyms | world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind |
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| Members | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
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| Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
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| homo, man, human being, human | Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage |
| Spanish | especie humana, género humano, hombre, humanidad, mundo, raza humana, tierra |
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| Catalan | espècie humana, gènere humà, home, humanitat, llinatge humà, món, raça humana |
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