Man
nounNoun
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
“Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man”
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
“she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women”
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”
Type of:MaleLovera male subordinate
“he awaited word from his man in Havana”
Type of:UnderlingSubordinateSubsidiaryan adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
“the army will make a man of you”
Type of:Malethe generic use of the word to refer to any human being
“it was every man for himself”
Type of:SoulSomebodyIndividualsomeone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
Similar:Servicemanan adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Type of:MaleGrownupAdultany living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
Similar:Pieceone of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
Verb
provide with workers
“We cannot man all the desks”
“Students were manning the booths”
Type of:Stafftake charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
“Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning”
Type of:Work
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA