Man definition

Man as a noun

1. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

   Same sense: adult male

2. the generic use of the word to refer to any human being

   "it was every man for himself"

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

   Same sense: human, human being, homo

4. a male subordinate

   "he awaited word from his man in Havana"

5. an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)

   "the army will make a man of you"

6. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer

   "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"

   Same sense: gentleman, valet, valet de chambre

7. 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"

8. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

   Same sense: piece

9. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

   "she always used ‘humankind’ because ‘mankind’ seemed to slight the women"

   Same sense: world, human race, humans, humanity, human beings, mankind, humankind

10. a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

    Same sense: military man, serviceman

Man as a verb

11. take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

    "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"

12. provide with workers

    "We cannot man all the desks"

Synonyms and antonyms

• adult male
• human definition
• human being
• homo
• gentleman
• valet
• valet de chambre
• piece
• world definition
• human race
• humans
• humanity
• human beings
• mankind
• humankind
• military man
• serviceman

Opposite: woman.

All synonyms of man, sense by sense

How to say man

Man has 1 syllable and rhymes with an. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with man

• an
• can
• than
• plan
• began
• fan
• japan
• ran
• van
• ban
• pan
• batman

All 87 words that rhyme with man

MAN in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

1

Is MAN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check MAN in the word checker, or unscramble MAN to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.