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member

member

∞ 1.4
A person, animal, or thing that belongs to a group
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛmbər/
: miembro
  • They and you are members of the Stanford family.
  • a faculty member
  • a family member
  • a staff member

Now, our Time Ghost Army member of the week is Island Boy.

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Examples

  • So they serve a signal to other members of the species, OK.

  • This was a junior member of the staff.

  • All of his church members are in on all this.

  • I am a supporting member of the show.

  • You know, if you want a job, you got to be a member of a union.

  • We have a new member joining our program

  • Let them know why you chose to be a member and invite them to join.

    Academic text (2013)
  • - Ah, tonight, the newest member of our family will feast for the first time.

  • So they're just wanting their church members to live longer.

  • As a new member of the book club, I was excited to meet everyone.

Synonyms

fellow member
vsmember
6 2.7

A person who belongs to the same group or club as another

can be a person, animal, or thing in any group, not only a person

Antonyms

4 3.4

Someone who does not belong to a club or group

Compounds

113 2.7

A person who helps make important decisions for an organization

113 2.4

A person who works as part of a team on a ship, plane, or film set

90 1.5

A person who works for an organization

A person elected or chosen to serve on a council that makes local decisions

A teacher or researcher who works at a university

28 1.8

A person who belongs to a group of workers who protect pay and working conditions

A person who belongs to a committee and takes part in its meetings and decisions

18 2.2

A person who regularly goes to church and is part of its community

16 1.4

A person who belongs to a club or group

A person who belongs to the same group or club as another

6 7.0

A person elected to represent an area in a parliament or council

A person who is one of the first people in a group when it starts

A person elected to represent an area in the UK Parliament, especially in the House of Commons

member bank
  • Specialized
2 4.6

A bank that belongs to the U.S. Federal Reserve System

1 3.7

A person who belongs to a group with the same family background or shared interests

1 8.4

A male body part used for passing urine and for sexual activity

one-member
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Having only one person elected to represent each district

structural member
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A part of a building, like a beam, that holds weight

A person who works on a plane during a flight

A voting system in which each area elects one representative

How Included

leader
∞ 1.0
member
∞ 1.4
associate
533 3.2
outsider
283 4.1

Surface Forms

member singular
members plural

Etymology

Member comes from the Latin word membrum, which meant 'a limb' or 'a part'. So a member of a group is like a 'part' of the whole, a person or thing that belongs to it.