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Nouns (40)

n. 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"

man

n. an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"

man

n. the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"

front

n. the side that is seen or that goes first

front

n. a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"

front

n. the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"

front

n. the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"

front

n. (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

man, piece

n. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

man, adult male

n. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"

front, front end

n. the side that is forward or prominent

presence, front

n. the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"

man, military personnel, serviceman, military man

n. someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"

front, battlefront, front line

n. the line along which opposing armies face each other

man, gentleman, valet, gentleman's gentleman, valet de chambre

n. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"

front, figurehead, straw man, nominal head

n. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

man, humanity, world, humankind, mankind, human race

n. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

Isle of Man, Man

n. dependency belonging to the United Kingdom

Verbs (7)

man

v. take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"

man, provide with men

v. provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks"

face, look, front, be opposite to

v. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (3)

front

adj. relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch"

fore, front

adj. located at, in, or towards the front

Fuzzynyms (131)

mate, consort, partner, spouse, married person

n. a person's partner in marriage

employee

n. a worker who is hired to perform a job

mate

n. informal term for a friend of the same sex

people

n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

blind, screen

n. something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

visor, vizor

n. a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face

cover, concealment, screen, covert

n. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness"

canopy

n. the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air

canopy

n. a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather

shelter

n. protective covering that provides protection from the weather

smoke screen

n. (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

subordinate, subsidiary, underling

n. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

servant, retainer

n. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

mouthpiece, voice, representative, interpreter, spokesperson

n. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

helper, assistant, supporter

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

agent, federal agent

n. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

husband, hubby, married man

n. a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

anterior, front tooth

n. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors"

blind, screen

n. something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

blind

n. a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"

camouflage

n. device or stratagem for concealment or deceit

cover, concealment, screen, covert

n. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness"

covering, cover, natural covering

n. a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"

cover, top

n. covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle"

bow, fore, nose, prow, stem

n. front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

peak, flush, efflorescence, bloom, flower, blossom, prime, heyday

n. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

appearance, visual aspect

n. outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

look, expression, aspect

n. the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"

behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment

n. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

pretence, guise, pretext

n. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

pretense, pretence, pretension

n. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

servant, retainer

n. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah

n. a female domestic

domestic, domestic help, house servant

n. a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

attendant

n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

attendant

n. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

helper, assistant, supporter

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

chauffeur

n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

cook

n. someone who cooks food

custodian, keeper, steward

n. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

steward, flight attendant

n. an attendant on an airplane

labor, labour, proletariat, working class

n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

life

n. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"

nature, natural phenomenon

n. all phenomena that are not artificial

society

n. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

garrison

v. station (troops) in a fort or garrison

people, fill with people

v. fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"

post, place, base, station, send

v. assign to a station

mark, make a mark on, leave a mark on

v. make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"

cover, extend

v. span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"

beginning, basic, abecedarian, introductory, basal

adj. serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"

initial

adj. occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

Synonyms (6)

adj. of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body

first

adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

fore

adj. situated at or toward the bow of a vessel

frontal

adj. belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage"

frontal

adj. of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal lobes"

prefrontal

adj. anterior to a frontal structure; "a prefrontal bone"; "prefrontal lobes"

Antonyms (22)

woman

n. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"

back, rear

n. the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

back, background, rear

n. the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"

woman, adult female

n. an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

lady

n. a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me"

dame, madam, madame, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman

n. a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"

rear, backside, back end

n. the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"

civilian

n. a nonmilitary citizen

back, be in back of

v. be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"

back

adj. related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance"

front man

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