man

1. is a type of:

   • adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
   • male, male person - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
   subtypes:

   • white man - a man who is White
   • baboo, babu - used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
   • bachelor, unmarried man - a man who has 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
   • beau, boyfriend, fellow, swain - a man who is the lover of a man or woman
   • ex-boyfriend - a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend
   • bruiser, bull, samson, strapper - a large and strong and heavyset man
   • beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
   • ejaculator - a man who ejaculates semen
   • esq, esquire - a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
   • castrate, eunuch - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
   • father figure, father surrogate - a man who takes over all the functions of the real father
   • 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
   • buster, dude, fellow - 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
   • divorced man, grass widower - a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife
   • bozo, cat, guy, hombre, sod - an informal term for a youth or man
   • herr - a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
   • hooray henry - a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man
   • housefather - a man in charge of children in an institution
   • hunk - a well-built sexually attractive man
   • ex, ex-husband - a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
   • inamorato - a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
   • iron man, ironman - a strong man of exceptional physical endurance
   • ironside - a man of great strength or bravery
   • adonis - any handsome young man
   • middle-aged man - a man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old
   • monsieur - used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
   • old boy, old man - a familiar term of address for a man
   • graybeard, greybeard, methuselah, old man - a man who is very old
   • paterfamilias, patriarch - the male head of family or tribe
   • peter pan - a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up
   • 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
   • senhor - a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr'
   • shaver - an adult male who shaves
   • signior, signor - used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately
   • signore - an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name)
   • sir - term of address for a man
   • stiff - an ordinary man
   • he-man, macho-man, stud - a man who is virile and sexually active
   • tarzan - (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
   • widower, widowman - a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
   • philanderer, womaniser, womanizer - a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
   • golden boy, wonder boy - a man who is unusually successful at an early age
   • young buck, young man - a teenager or a young adult male
   specific instances:

   • adam - (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
   • cain - (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
   • abel - (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain
   • seth - (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel
   • ham - (Old Testament) son of Noah
   • japheth - (Old Testament) son of Noah
   • shem - (Old Testament) eldest son of Noah
   has: adult male body, man's body - the body of an adult man
   same as: adult male
2. referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • conscript, draftee, inductee - someone who is drafted into military service
   • enlisted person - a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer
   • devil dog, leatherneck, marine, shipboard soldier - a member of the United States Marine Corps
   • 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
   • ex-serviceman, vet, veteran - a person who has served in the armed forces
   • veteran, veteran soldier - a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
   • military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer - (military) a person who freely enlists for service
   belongs to: force, military force, military group, military unit - a unit that is part of some military service
   same as: military man, military personnel, serviceman
3. is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
4. associated with:

   • body, organic structure - the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
   • side - either the left or right half of a body
   • nutrition - the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
   • schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch - a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes
   • hyperdactyly, polydactyly - birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes
   • syndactylism, syndactyly - birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes
   • prepubertal, prepubescent - (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth
   is a type of: hominid - a primate of the family Hominidae
   subtypes:

   • human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world - all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
   • homo erectus - extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain
   • homo soloensis - extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus
   • homo habilis - extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics
   • homo sapiens - the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc
   • homo sapiens neanderthalensis, neandertal, neandertal man, neanderthal, neanderthal man - extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
   • homo rhodesiensis, rhodesian man - a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa
   belongs to: genus homo - type genus of the family Hominidae
   has:

   • loin, lumbus - either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
   • anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma - alternative names for the body of a human being
   • body hair - short hair growing over a person's body
   • head of hair, mane - growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
   • human head - the head of a human being
   • foot, human foot, pes - the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
   • arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
   • hand, manus, mitt, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
   • face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
   same as: homo, human, human being
5. is a type of: foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
6. is a type of: male, male person - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
7. is a type of:

   • body servant - a valet or personal maid
   • manservant - a man servant
   same as: gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, valet, valet de chambre
8. domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   is a type of:

   • lover - a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
   • male, male person - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
9. is an instance of: island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
   is a part of: british isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
   same as: isle of man
10. is a type of: game equipment - equipment or apparatus used in playing a game
    subtypes:

    • black - (board games) the darker pieces
    • checker, chequer - one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
    • chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
    • tile - game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
    • white - (board games) the lighter pieces
    same as: piece
11. is a type of:

    • group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
    • homo, human, human being, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
    member holonym: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
    same as: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world

1. is a type of: do work, work - be employed
   verb group: man - provide with workers
2. is a type of: staff - provide with staff
   subtypes: crew - serve as a crew member on
   verb group: man - take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

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