man

/ˈmæn/
name 13noun 6verb 5pron 3adj 1

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(noun.) male person

ADJ

elderly, middle-aged, old, older, young

An elderly man was sitting on the park bench feeding pigeons.

attractive, good-looking, handsome | ugly | short, tall | fat, thin | big, burly

little

The old little man shuffled slowly down the street every morning with his walking stick.

black, white | dark, dark-haired, fair, fair-haired | bearded | blind | sick | dead | intelligent, wise

great

The great man spent his final years quietly in a small village near the coast.

brave | charming, fine, good, kind, nice | honest | proud | quiet

bad, horrible

My uncle turned out to be a bad man who nobody in the family wanted to see.

arrogant | strange | brutal, hard, violent | married, single

family

After years of traveling, he decided to become a family man and settled down in a small town.

gay | professional

lucky

Tom was a lucky man when he won the lottery and could finally buy his dream house.

poor, rich

2

(noun.) human beings

ADJ

early, prehistoric, primitive | Stone Age, etc. | Neanderthal, etc.

PREP

in ~

Women and men in modern society often face different challenges in the workplace.

PHRASES

known to man

That's the loudest noise known to man, so wear your earplugs at the concert.

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