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"

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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"

n. dependency belonging to the United Kingdom

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

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

adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

adj. (statesmanlike)

adj. evidencing the possession of inside information

n. a person's partner in marriage

n. a worker who is hired to perform a job

n. informal term for a friend of the same sex

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

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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

n. a female domestic

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

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"

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

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"

n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

n. someone who cooks food

n. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

n. an attendant on an airplane

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

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

n. all phenomena that are not artificial

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

v. station (troops) in a fort or garrison

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

v. assign to a station

adj. heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"

adj. exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"

adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

adj. proceeding from good judgment

adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

adj. appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

adj. showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"

adj. prudent; "guarded optimism"

adj. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

adj. perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

adj. quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

adj. having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

adj. having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"

adj. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"

adj. of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

adj. evidencing the possession of inside information

adj. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"

adj. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"

adj. of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

adj. having wisdom that comes with age and experience

adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

adj. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"

adj. characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

adj. worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise; "such action is neither necessary nor advisable"; "extreme caution is advisable"; "it is advisable to telephone first"

adj. having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel; "a well-advised delay in carrying out the plan"

adj. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply"

adj. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"

adj. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up on the news"

adj. having received information; "be kept advised"

adj. well informed about or familiar with; usu followed by "with": "conversant with business trends"

adj. having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"

adj. informed about the latest trends

adj. alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"

adj. well informed or deeply versed through reading; "respect for a well-read man"; "well-read in medieval history"

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"

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

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

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

n. a nonmilitary citizen

adj. devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

adj. lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity