Synonyms of men

men

noun

plural of man

1

as in males

an adult male human being

several men will be needed to dig up the old tree stump in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• males
• guys
• gentlemen
• dudes
• gents
• lads
• fellas
• blokes
• fellows
• cats
• bastards
• hombres
• bucks
• chaps
• galoots
• chappies
• joes
• jokers
• masters
• jacks
• buddies
• sirs
• misters
• busters

2

as in boyfriends

a male romantic companion

I'm going to see my man again tonight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boyfriends
• boys
• beaux
• husbands
• swains
• fellows
• old men
• lovers
• admirers
• wooers
• sweeties
• grooms
• gallants
• suitors
• sweethearts
• soul mates
• flames
• crushes
• favorites
• escorts
• gigolos
• valentines
• significant others
• dears
• sparks
• beloveds
• dates
• sweets
• darlings
• steadies
• honeys
• squeezes
• fiancés
• loves
• sparkers
• fancy men
• sweetie pies
• intendeds

3

as in guys

a member of the human race

every man has a responsibility to safeguard the planet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guys
• people
• lives
• things
• creatures
• individuals
• humans
• birds
• souls
• bodies
• customers
• babies
• beings
• scouts
• fish
• parties
• mortals
• ducks
• specimens
• characters
• eggs
• devils
• human beings
• personages
• sorts
• personalities
• cookies
• faces
• fellows
• bods
• sons of man
• wights
• stiffs
• slobs
• heads
• brothers
• neighbors
• homos
• hominids
• selves
• celebrities
• humanoids
• fellowmen
• somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• brutes
• critters
• beasties

4

as in humanities

the human race

man is always coming up with new advances in science and technology

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humanities
• humans
• mortals
• people
• individuals
• creatures
• beings
• humankinds
• fellowmen
• bodies
• parties

5

as in husbands

the male partner in a marriage

I now pronounce you man and wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• husbands
• spouses
• partners
• hubbies
• old men
• misters
• companions
• grooms
• consorts
• significant others
• bridegrooms
• soul mates
• widowers
• mates
• better halves
• Mr. Rights
• benedicts
• househusbands

6

as in police

a body of officers of the law

the crowd of onlookers quickly scattered when the man arrived on the scene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• police
• constabularies
• policemen
• police forces
• forces
• officers
• cops
• policewomen
• troopers
• heat
• constables
• coppers
• gendarmes
• bulls
• police officers
• bluecoats
• peelers
• bobbies
• fuzzes
• shamuses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of men

And why do men feel more confident in their looks than women? — TheWeek, 2 Oct. 2026

Attempts by The Associated Press to reach the other men or their representatives have been unsuccessful. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

Women experience functional pain at about twice the rate of men, with persistent pain in the pelvic area often becoming a debilitating factor in their daily lives. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

In a moment when global power is concentrated in the hands of a small group of weird men with a lot of relationship drama, War doesn’t ever seem too implausible. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Hegseth announced his latest assault in a speech Wednesday afternoon to a cheering audience of junior officers and enlisted men and women. — David Ignatius, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

The day of the crash was also the first time the two men flew together, the NTSB said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Jeon Do-yeon, who plays the family’s matriarch, is colorfully slinky as a globe-trotting party widow, a vain, compulsively seductive narcissist who macks on her daughters’ men like a Real Housewife given a villain’s edit. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Forming a union of women hadn’t occurred to them as an option—that was something for men working construction or in factories. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026