The Meaning of man

• (n.) A human being; -- opposed tobeast.
• (n.) Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
• (n.) The human race; mankind.
• (n.) The male portion of the human race.
• (n.) One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
• (n.) An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
• (n.) A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose!
• (n.) A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
• (n.) One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
• (n.) One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
• (v. t.) To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
• (v. t.) To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.
• (v. t.) To tame, as a hawk.
• (v. t.) To furnish with a servants.
• (v. t.) To wait on as a manservant.

Synonyms

adult male , serviceman , military man , military personnel , homo , human being , human , valet , valet de chambre , gentleman , gentleman's gentleman , Man , Isle of Man , piece , world , human race , humanity , humankind , human beings , humans , mankind

Antonyms

woman , civilian , woman

Homophones

mahn , mann , manne

Rhymes

afghan , afghanistan , ahn , an , anchorman , ann , anne , ariane , assemblyman , bahn , ban , banh , bann , batman , beagan , beaudin , bedpan , began , bhutan , blan , blann , bogeyman , boivin , bouman , bourquin , bran , brann , businessman , caen , caftan , can , cancan , cann , cannes , caravan , carryanne , catamaran , caveman , cezanne , chan , chapin , chauvin , clan , clergyman , couchman , counterman , cruzan , cspan , cwmbran , cyan , dagestan , dahn , dan , dann , deadpan , deehan , deguzman , dextran , diahann , diane , dianne , divan , doorman , doran , duan , duignan , dupin , duran , dyane , fan , fayanne , ferdinand , fisherman , flagman , flan , flann , forman , fran , frogman , gahn , gan , gann , gaudin , gauguin , gaulin , gauvain , gauvin , gayman , georgann , geurin , glahn , glassman , gloriane , gnann , gosplan , grahn , gran , guardsman , hackman , handyman , harahan , harmattan , helmsman , hillman , hindustan , hitman , intertan , iran , jaan , jahn , jan , jann , japan , jazzman , joann , joanne , jourdan , journeyman , kan , kann , kanne , kazakhstan , kinsman , klahn , klan , klann , kurdistan , lan , lann , lapan , lappin , lausanne , leann , lennane , lifespan , liliane , loran , louanne , loudin , lucianne , lyanne , macmahon , mactan , madman , mahn , mailman , mann , manne , marianne , marplan , maryann , maryanne , maupin , mcan , mccann , mcfann , mcgann , mchan , mcmahon , mcmann , mcshan , merman , middleman , milan , milkman , minivan , minuteman , moulin , nan , newsman , newspaperman , nurseryman , oilman , outman , outran , overran , padmanabhan , pakistan , pan , panne , patrolman , pecan , phan , plan , poulin , pran , quean , quillman , qumran , quran , radioman , ran , ranh , rann , rattan , repairman , rodin , rosanne , roseanne , roxanne , ruthann , san , san-fran , sandman , saran , saucepan , scan , scran , sedan , serviceman , shan , sideman , skean , snowman , soloman , span , spann , spokane , stan , stann , sudan , suntan , superman , susanne , suzanne , taliban , tan , tann , tarzan , than , tinman , toussaint , tran , tristan , turbofan , turkmenistan , van , vann , vantran , voisin , walkman , weatherman , wenfan , whan , wingspan , yahn , yan , yucatan , zahn