Man crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Man” are HOMO, DUDE or BULL, with 4 letters. Below are 70 answers from 3 to 10 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

GUY 3 letters · noun

an informal term for a youth or man “a nice guy”

HOMO 4 letters · noun

any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

WORLD 5 letters · noun

all of the living human inhabitants of the earth “all the world loves a lover”

CREATE 6 letters · verb

create or manufacture a man-made product

PRODUCE 7 letters · verb

create or manufacture a man-made product “We produce more cars than we can sell”

BACHELOR 8 letters · noun

a man who has never been married

CONCUBINE 9 letters · noun

a woman who cohabits with an important man

BRIDEGROOM 10 letters · noun

a man who has recently been married

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HOMO, DUDE, BULL, STUD, CHAP and RAKE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: H → HOMO · D → DUDE · B → BULL · S → STUD · C → CHAP · R → RAKE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, WORLD, PIECE, VALET, BLOOD, QUEEN and BLADE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: W → WORLD · P → PIECE · V → VALET · B → BLOOD, BLADE · Q → QUEEN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, GUY, BOY, DOG, SIR, CAT and RIP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: G → GUY · B → BOY · D → DOG · S → SIR · C → CAT · R → RIP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “maned” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “man” means

• noun: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
• noun: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being (“it was every man for himself”)
• noun: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
• noun: a male subordinate (“he awaited word from his man in Havana”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as MAN, and words whose definition is MAN. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.