- man
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 male personADJECTIVE▪ elderly, middle-aged, old, older, young▪
a little old man
▪a middle-aged, balding man
▪ grown▪Although he is a grown man, everyone treats him like a boy.
▪ 40-year-old, etc.▪ attractive, good-looking, handsome▪ ugly▪ short, tall▪ lanky, thin, wiry▪ fat, portly, stocky, stout▪ big, burly, heavy-set (esp. AmE), muscular, well-built▪I was helped by two burly men with tattoos.
▪ little▪a nice little man
▪ black, white▪ dark, dark-haired, fair-haired, light-haired (esp. AmE)▪ bearded▪ bald, balding▪ blind▪ cloaked, hooded, masked, suited, uniformed▪ well-dressed▪ naked▪ armed, unarmed▪ able-bodied▪ sick, wounded▪ dead, drowning, dying▪ homeless▪ intelligent, wise▪ educated▪ great▪Several people made speeches in honour/honor of the great man.
▪ brave▪ charming, fine, good, kind, nice▪ honest▪ honourable/honorable▪ proud▪ quiet, soft-spoken (esp. AmE)▪ macho, manly▪ bad, horrible▪What a horrible man!
▪ arrogant▪ mysterious, strange▪ hard, violent▪ drunken▪ married, single▪ family▪He's a family man who rarely goes out with his friends.
▪ bisexual, gay, heterosexual, homosexual, straight▪ professional▪ lucky▪He was a lucky man to have found such a partner.
▪ poor▪ rich, wealthy▪ betting, gambling▪I've never been a gambling man.
▪ self-made▪He was a self-made man who raised himself from poverty to success.
▪ right-hand▪He found success hard to come by after losing his right-hand man.
▪ leading (= the most important male part)▪George Clooney's first role as leading man
▪ innocent▪ free▪He walked out of court a free man.
▪ wanted (= sought by the police)▪Vincente is a wanted man back in his own country.
▪ condemned2 human beingsADJECTIVE▪ early, prehistoric, primitive▪ Stone Age, etc.▪ Neanderthal, etc.▪ fellow▪How could a human torture his fellow man?
PREPOSITION▪ in man▪In man the brain is highly developed.
PHRASES▪ known to man▪the most poisonous substance known to man
▪ man's inhumanity to man▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}It's a powerful indictment of the horrors of war and man's inhumanity to man.
verbMan is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑volunteerMan is used with these nouns as the object: ↑barricade, ↑checkpoint, ↑desk, ↑gun, ↑lifeboat, ↑stall, ↑stand, ↑switchboard
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
