man: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 5 letter points · starts with M · ends with N
Meaning of man
noun
An adult male human.
Example: The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
- collective
An adult male human. All human males collectively: mankind.
An adult male human. An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
An adult male human. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
Listed forms: men.
Source: Wiktionary — man.
intj
Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
Example: Man, that was a great catch!
Source: Wiktionary — man.
pron
- Multicultural-London-English, personal, pronoun, slang
Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
Example: Man's got some new creps.
- Multicultural-London-English, personal, pronoun, slang
You; construed in the third person.
Example: Man thinks I was born yesterday.
- Multicultural-London-English, indefinite, personal, pronoun, slang
Any person, one
Example: Man don't care.
Source: Wiktionary — man.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for man.
noun
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- adult male
noun
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
noun
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
noun
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is man in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of man
M(3) + A(1) + N(1) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of man
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from man
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in man. Showing up to 24, longest first.