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Nouns (37)

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"

hit

n. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"

hit

n. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

hit

n. a dose of a narcotic drug

hit

n. a successful access to an html document on a server

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"

hit, collision

n. (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

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"

hit, bang, smash, strike

n. a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

hit, hitting, striking

n. the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

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"

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 (52)

man

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

hit

v. hit the intended target or goal

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

man, provide with men

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

hit, strike

v. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"

hit, strike

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

hit, strike

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit, score, tally, rack up

v. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

hit, shoot, pip

v. hit with a missile from a weapon

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

hit, strike, come to

v. cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"

hit, come across, stumble across, stumble onto, stumble upon

v. encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

hit, strike, impinge on, collide with, hit against, run into

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

dispatch, hit, murder, remove, polish off, slay, bump off

v. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (273)

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"

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

blow, bump

n. an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

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

baste, batter, clobber

v. strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

tamp, depress, press down, tamp down

v. press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

push

v. press against forcefully without moving; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

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

biff, pommel, pummel

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

dawn, become light, grow light

v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

appear, seem

v. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

rise, arise, get up, stand up, get to one's feet

v. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

start, begin, commence, set about, set out, start out

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

start, begin, commence, cause to start, set in motion

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

emerge

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

stretch, stretch out, unfold

v. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

bruise, contuse

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

biff, pommel, pummel

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

swat, swatter

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

beat, beat up

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

slap

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

bat

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

cuff, whomp

v. hit with the hand

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

v. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

bat

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

swat, swatter

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

clash, collide, meet violently

v. crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

bang, slam

v. strike violently; "slam the ball"

thud

v. strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"

beat, hit repeatedly

v. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

beat, beat up

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

beat, thump, pound

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

spank, paddle, larrup

v. give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

hit, strike, impinge on, collide with, hit against, run into

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

hit, strike

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

cuff, whomp

v. hit with the hand

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

bruise, contuse

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

biff, pommel, pummel

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

swat, swatter

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

beat, beat up

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

slap

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

bat

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

cuff, whomp

v. hit with the hand

slaughter, massacre, mow down

v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

slaughter, butcher

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

reach, get to, attain

v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

carry

v. cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"

catch, grab, take hold of

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

continue, proceed, go forward, move ahead, travel onward

v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

drive, pull

v. of a car; "The van pulled up"

drive, motor

v. travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

realize, actualize

v. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

take, acquire, assume, take on

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

find, get, receive, obtain

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

come through, succeed

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

Synonyms (10)

gun down, shoot down, strike down

v. strike down or shoot down

come, come up

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

bump, demote, relegate, kick downstairs, assign to a lower position

v. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

Antonyms (13)

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"

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"

civilian

n. a nonmilitary citizen

miss

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

miss

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

hit man

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