man
- noun
- /mæn/
- How can you trust a man who's lied to you?
Actual meat isn't made by man, it's made by God.
- Actual meat isn't made by man, it's made by God.
- The lives and souls of men, demons, even gods.
- Island against island, man against man, father against child.
- You know, I'm just a man thinking thoughts and saying them.
- Why in this festival which honors man or humanity, Mensch, right?
- Come on, as a man thinks so is she
Examples
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Throughout history, man has shown a remarkable ability to adapt to changing environments.
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We need to understand this man for the betterment of society.
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Island against island, man against man, father against child.
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To think of me as a man felt so small.
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And I felt like this man could destroy my career.
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And what is it that men are seeking?
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It's a cultural problem, and I believe men must be part of those conversations.
Academic text (2017) -
You know, I'm just a man thinking thoughts and saying them.
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The Bible says a man is as he thinketh.
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In anything that man ever does, there's some element of risk.
Synonyms
A single human being, not an animal or a thing
A person who walks upright and can think and speak
A person who can think, feel, speak, and walk upright
Idioms
- Informal
Each person must look after themselves in a dangerous or confusing situation
- Offensive
A joking phrase people use after 'I see' to show they do not believe someone
Compounds
A performer who plays a serious role in a comedy to make the other person's jokes funnier
A person who has skill and knowledge in many different areas like art and science
- Offensive
An older man who makes sexual comments or touches younger people when they do not want him to
- US
A man who lives in the mountains or other wild places and can hunt and survive
A man who has a lot of life experience and is comfortable in many social situations
- Offensive
A person who always agrees with someone in charge to get approval or avoid trouble
- Literature
A shape people imagine on the moon's surface that looks like a face
Surface Forms
Etymology
Man once simply meant a human being in general, and this older sense survives in words like mankind, meaning 'all people'. So sometimes man still means 'a human' and not only a male.