Thesaurus:man

English

Noun

Sense: an adult male human

Synonyms
  • bloke (UK and Australia, slang)
  • boy    [⇒ thesaurus] (often derogatory)
  • bro
  • broski (slang)
  • bruh (slang)
  • cat    [⇒ thesaurus] (dated, AAVE)
  • chap (dated, UK, slang)
  • chappy (dated, UK, slang)
  • chield
  • cove (archaic, UK)
  • covey (dated, UK)
  • dog    [⇒ thesaurus] (slang), dawg (AAVE)
  • dude (slang)
  • fella (slang)
  • fellow
  • gadgie (Scotland, Tyneside, Mackem, Teesside)
  • gate (dated, jive talk)
  • geezer
  • gink (slang)
  • gloak (Southern England, slang)
  • gome (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England)
  • guy (colloquial)
  • health (obsolete)
  • homeboy (AAVE, affectionate)
  • homey (AAVE, affectionate)
  • joe
  • lede (obsolete)
  • nigga (AAVE, possibly highly offensive)
  • ninja (uncommon slang)
  • omi (Polari)
  • pillicock (affectionate slang, obsolete)
  • punk (dated rare slang)
  • rooster (New Zealand, slang)
  • seg (archaic or Britain dialectal)
  • shalk (obselete or Britain dialectal)
  • wallah (dated, UK, slang)
  • wer, were (obsolete)
  • wye (poetic, obsolete)
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See also

Further reading

  • “373. man” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “man” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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