man
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(verb) provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks" |
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Related Words: crew, staff |
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(verb) take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place |
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Related Words: do work, work |
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(noun) a small 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" |
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Synonyms: piece |
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Related Words: black, chess piece, chessman, game equipment, white |
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(noun) one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea |
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Synonyms: Isle of Man |
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Related Words: island |
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(noun) an adult male person (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" |
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Synonyms: adult male |
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Related Words: Abel, Adam, Cain, Don, Esq, Esquire, Herr, Monsieur, Mr, Peter Pan, Senhor, Senor, adonis, baboo, babu, bachelor, beau, bey, black man, bloke, boy, boyfriend, bull, castrate, cat, clotheshorse, dandy, divorced man, dude, eunuch, ex, ex-husband, exboyfriend, fashion plate, fellow, fop, gallant, galoot, geezer, gentleman, golden boy, grass widower, greybeard, guy, he-man, hombre, housefather, hunk, ironside, junior, macho-man, male, male person, mister, old boy, old man, philanderer, posseman, sheik, signior, signor, signore, sir, stiff, strapper, stud, swain, swell, unmarried man, white man, widower, widowman, womaniser, womanizer, wonder boy, yellow man, young man |
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Antonyms: woman |
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(noun) (informal) 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" |
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Related Words: male, male person |
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Antonyms: woman |
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(noun) an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" |
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Related Words: male, male person |
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(noun) the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" |
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Related Words: human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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(noun) a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" |
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Related Words: subordinate, subsidiary, underling |
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(noun) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae |
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Synonyms: homo, human, human being |
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Related Words: Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Homo soloensis, Neanderthal, Neanderthal man, Rhodesian man, hominid |
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(noun) someone who serves in the armed forces; "two men stood sentry duty" |
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Synonyms: military man, military personnel, serviceman |
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Related Words: Marine, air force officer, artilleryman, bluejacket, cannoneer, commander, commando, conscript, devil dog, draftee, enlisted person, ex-serviceman, gunner, leatherneck, machine gunner, military officer, military volunteer, navy man, noncombatant, officer, ranger, sailor, sailor boy, shipboard soldier, skilled worker, soldier, trained worker, vet, veteran, veteran soldier, voluntary, volunteer |
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(noun) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" |
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Synonyms: gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, valet, valet de chambre |
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Related Words: body servant, manservant |
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(noun) all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover" |
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Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world |
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Related Words: group, grouping |
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