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man

noun

male, adult male, gentleman;

informal guy, fellow, gent, mother's son;

British, informal bloke, chap, geezer, lad;

North American, informal Joe, dude, bro, hombre;

Australian, New Zealand, informal digger;

South African, informal oke, ou, oom;

Indian, informal admi;

Scottish, & Irish, informal bodach;

British, informal , dated cove;

Scottish, archaic carl.

2 all men are mortal:

human being, human, person, mortal, individual, personage, soul.

3 the evolution of man:

the human race, the human species, Homo sapiens, humankind, humanity, human beings, humans, people, mankind.

4 the men voted to go on strike:

worker, workman, laborer, hand, hired hand, employee;

(men) workforce, employees, staff, personnel, human resources, manpower, labor.

5 have you met her new man?:

boyfriend, partner, husband, spouse, lover, admirer, significant other, fiancé, amour, inamorato;

common-law husband, escort, live-in lover, cohabitee;

informal other half, better half, toy boy, bf, beau, steady;

South African, informal jong;

dated young man, intended;

British, informal , dated fancy man;

North American, informal , dated squeeze;

archaic leman.

6 dated his man brought him a cocktail:

manservant, valet, butler, servant, attendant, retainer, gentleman's gentleman;

page, footman, flunkey, Jeeves;

Military, dated batman;

North American houseman.

□ man to man

frankly, openly, honestly, directly, candidly, plainly, forthrightly, without beating around the bush;

woman to woman.

□ the man in the street (also the man on the street)

an ordinary person, an average person, Mr./Mrs. Average, John Citizen;

British, informal Joe Bloggs, Joe Public, the man on the Clapham omnibus;

North American, informal John Doe, Joe Sixpack;

derogatory pleb, plebeian.

□ to a man

with no exceptions, without exception, bar none, one and all, everyone, each and every one, unanimously, as one.

verb

1 the office is manned from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.:

staff, crew, occupy, people.

2 firemen manned the pumps:

operate, work, use, utilize.

word links	man
male, masculine, virile relating to men andro- related prefix androcentric centered on men androphobia fear of men misandry hatred of men androcracy rule by men