| 单词 | grownup |
| 释义 | grownup (once / 8504 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY grownup: grownups USAGE EXAMPLESIn fact, the grownup world is usually frowning at the whole idea of being in something as disreputable as a pop group. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) I rang him and explained; he sounded amused at my newfound concern for work and being a grownup. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The Kiwi singer-songwriter of “Royals” fame says her imminent sophomore project is more grownup, but fans are eager to hear anything she’ll produce. Time(Dec 23, 2016) 1n a fully developed person from maturity onward Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper adult juvenile, juvenile person a young person, not fully developed Io (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer Adam(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race Eve(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden Cain(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God Abel(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain Seth(Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel Ham(Old Testament) son of Noah Japheth(Old Testament) son of Noah JudithJewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes Shem(Old Testament) eldest son of Noah Matthew ArnoldEnglish poet and literary critic (1822-1888) Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-RoshdArabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198) Karl BaedekerGerman publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859) John BartlettUnited States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905) Bathsheba(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC) Mary McLeod BethuneUnited States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955) Louis BrailleFrench educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852) Eva Braunthe German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945) Van Wyck BrooksUnited States literary critic and historian (1886-1963) George Bryan BrummellEnglish dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840) Boy Orator of the PlatteUnited States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925) Dale CarnegieUnited States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955) Catherine of Aragonfirst wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536) Edith Louisa CavellEnglish nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915) John Anthony CiardiUnited States poet and critic (1916-1986) John Amos ComeniusCzech educational reformer (1592-1670) Clarence Seward DarrowUnited States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938) Delilah(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength Jacques DerridaFrench philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004) John DeweyUnited States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952) Melville Louis Kossuth DeweyUnited States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931) Friedrich Wilhelm August FroebelGerman educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852) Roger Eliot FryEnglish painter and art critic (1866-1934) Herman Northrop FryeCanadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991) Thomas Hopkins GallaudetUnited States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851) Harley Granville-BarkerEnglish actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946) Anne Hathawaywife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623) Arthur Garfield HaysUnited States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954) William Harrison HaysUnited States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954) William HazlittEnglish essayist and literary critic (1778-1830) Hippocratesmedical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC) John Edgar HooverUnited States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) Mark HopkinsUnited States educator and theologian (1802-1887) Henry Oscar HoughtonUnited States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895) Robert Maynard HutchinsUnited States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977) Francis Scott KeyUnited States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) Lucy Craft LaneyUnited States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933) President Abraham Lincoln16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) Abbott Lawrence LowellUnited States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943) Henry Robinson LuceUnited States publisher of magazines (1898-1967) Horace MannUnited States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859) Mary Ludwig Hays McCauleyheroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832) William Holmes McGuffeyUnited States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873) Henry Louis MenckenUnited States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956) Maria MontesorriItalian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952) Daniel Patrick MoynihanUnited States politician and educator (1927-2003) Keith Rupert MurdochUnited States publisher (born in Australia in 1931) James NaismithUnited States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939) Florence NightingaleEnglish nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) Adolph Simon OchsUnited States newspaper publisher (1858-1935) Carl OrffGerman musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982) Elizabeth Palmer Peabodyeducator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894) Sir Isaac PitmanEnglish educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897) Rachel(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin Rebecca(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau Ivor Armstrong RichardsEnglish literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979) John RuskinBritish art critic (1819-1900) Ruththe great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament Margaret Higgins SangerUnited States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966) Sarah(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac Wallis Warfield SimpsonUnited States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication Sir Stephen Harold SpenderEnglish poet and critic (1909-1995) Anne Mansfield SullivanUnited States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936) John Orley Allen TateUnited States poet and critic (1899-1979) Joseph Deems TaylorUnited States composer and music critic (1885-1966) Lionel TrillingUnited States literary critic (1905-1975) Carl Clinton Van DorenUnited States writer and literary critic (1885-1950) Booker Taliaferro WashingtonUnited States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) Andrew Dickson WhiteUnited States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) Emma Hart WillardUnited States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870) Edmund WilsonUnited States literary critic (1895-1972) John WitherspoonAmerican Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794) Alexander WoollcottUnited States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943) Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn SinaArabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037) Robert BaranyAustrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936) Caspar BartholinDanish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629) Apostle of Germany(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754) Sir David BruceAustralian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) Burrill Bernard CrohnUnited States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983) John L. H. DownEnglish physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) Karl Adolf EichmannAustrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962) Christiaan EijkmanDutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930) Etienne-Louis Arthur FallotFrench physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911) William GilbertEnglish court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603) Paul Joseph GoebbelsGerman propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945) Hermann Wilhelm GoringGerman politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946) William HarveyEnglish physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657) Walther Richard Rudolf HessNazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) Heinrich HimmlerGerman Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945) Adolf HitlerGerman Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) Thomas HodgkinEnglish physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866) George HuntingtonUnited States physician who first described Huntington's chorea Aletta JacobsDutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929) Edward JennerEnglish physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823) Harry Fitch KleinfelterUnited States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912) David LivingstoneScottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873) Otto LoewiUnited States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961) Clemence Sophia Harned LozierUnited States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888) Sir Patrick MansonScottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922) Friedrich Anton MesmerAustrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815) Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von HohenheimSwiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541) Peter Mark RogetEnglish physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869) Sir Ronald RossBritish physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) Benjamin Rushphysician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) Albert SchweitzerFrench philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965) John Thomas ScopesTennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970) Anna Howard ShawUnited States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) Sir James Young SimpsonScottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870) English HippocratesEnglish physician (1624-1689) Marcus WhitmanUnited States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847) Erik Adolf von WillebrandFinnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949) Saint Francis XavierSpanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552) William BeaumontUnited States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853) Alexis CarrelFrench surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944) William CowperEnglish surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709) Michael Ellis De BakeyUnited States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908) William Crawford GorgasUnited States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920) Joseph ListerEnglish surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912) James ParkinsonEnglish surgeon (1755-1824) Walter ReedUnited States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) Jean Martin CharcotFrench neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893) Harvery Williams CushingUnited States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939) Sir Howard Walter FloreyBritish pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968) Sigmund FreudAustrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939) Harold HirschsprungDanish pediatrician (1830-1916) Karen Danielsen HorneyUnited States psychiatrist (1885-1952) Karl Theodor JaspersGerman psychiatrist (1883-1969) Baron Richard von Krafft-EbingGerman neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902) Karl LandsteinerUnited States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943) Prosper MeniereFrench otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862) Charles Frederick MenningerUnited States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953) Karl Augustus MenningerUnited States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990) William Claire MenningerUnited States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966) Sir James PagetEnglish pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899) John RockUnited States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) Francis Peyton RousUnited States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970) Hermann SnellenDutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908) Benjamin SpockUnited States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998) Harry Stack SullivanUnited States psychiatrist (1892-1949) Georges Gilles de la TouretteFrench neurologist (1857-1904) Henry Hubert TurnerUnited States endocrinologist (1892-1970) Rudolf Karl VirchowGerman pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902) Karl WernickeGerman neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905) Thomas WillisEnglish physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675) Melanie KleinUnited States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960) Wilhelm ReichAustrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957) brachycephalic an adult with a short broad head caregivera person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult catch, matcha person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationista person who takes a position in the political center case, character, eccentric, typea person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) conservative, conservativista person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas dolichocephalican adult with a long narrow head elder, seniora person who is older than you are ex-spousea person who was formerly a spouse hosta person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there important person, influential person, personagea person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events Jack of all tradesa person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well liberal, liberalist, progressivea person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties liberala person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets adult male, manan adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) militarist, warmongera person who advocates war or warlike policies golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizenan elderly person disarmer, pacificist, pacifistsomeone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes patriciana person of refined upbringing and manners pledgeesomeone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge pledgersomeone who makes or gives a pledge professional, professional persona person engaged in one of the learned professions sobersidesa serious and sedate individual man of the world, sophisticatea worldly-wise person homebody, stay-at-homea person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel stoic, unemotional personsomeone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions thoroughbreda well-bred person adult female, womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man) Black mana man who is Black Black womana woman who is Black white mana man who is White white womana woman who is White amazon, viragoa large strong and aggressive woman maenad(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus ancient, antediluviana very old person armchair liberala person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them baboo, babuused as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' bachelor, unmarried mana man who has never been married bachelor girl, bachelorettea young unmarried woman who lives alone baggagea worthless or immoral woman ball-breaker, ball-bustera demanding woman who destroys men's confidence bey(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt B-girl, bar girla woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honchoan important influential person bas bleu, bluestockinga woman having literary or intellectual interests boya friendly informal reference to a grown man beau, boyfriend, fellow, swain, young mana man who is the lover of a girl or young woman ex-boyfrienda man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend bridesmaid, maid of honoran unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding broadslang term for a woman Samson, bruiser, bull, strappera large and strong and heavyset man capitalista conservative advocate of capitalism careerista professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity cata spiteful woman gossip celebrity, famous persona widely known person centenariansomeone who is at least 100 years old Cinderellaa woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight, titana person of exceptional importance and reputation conformistsomeone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) coquette, flirt, minx, tease, vamp, vampera seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men cosmopolitan, cosmopolitea sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries craftsmana professional whose work is consistently of high quality critica person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art curmudgeona crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas dame, gentlewoman, lady, ma'am, madama woman of refinement beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swella man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance dean, doyena man who is the senior member of a group deb, debutantea young woman making her debut into society divorcee, grass widowa divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband ex, ex-wifea woman who was formerly a particular man's wife doddererone who dodders from old age and weakness dodo, fogey, fogy, fossilsomeone whose style is out of fashion dominatrixa dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) donnaan Italian woman of rank dotardan oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect dove, peaceniksomeone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations doyennea woman who is the senior member of a group educator, pedagog, pedagoguesomeone who educates young people elder statesmanany influential person whose advice is highly respected eminence grise(French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position Delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, siren, temptressa woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive Esq, Esquirea title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name castrate, eunucha man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction Excellencya title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her' eyefula strikingly beautiful woman father figure, father surrogatea man who takes over all the functions of the real father father-figurea man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically buster, dude, fellowan informal form of address for a man fixer, influence peddlersomeone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) fuddy-duddya conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance galoota disreputable or clumsy man geisha, geisha girla Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing geezera man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric gentlemana man of refinement fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young womana young woman girla friendly informal reference to a grown woman girl, girlfriend, lady frienda girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved girlfriendany female friend gold diggera woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement divorced man, grass widowera man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife gravidaa pregnant woman bozo, cat, guy, hombrean informal term for a youth or man hardlinera conservative who is uncompromising back-number, has-beensomeone who is no longer popular hawk, war hawkan advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations PCP, caregiver, health care provider, health professional, primary care providera person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability heavy hitteran influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in hierarcha person who holds a high position in a hierarchy heroinea woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds Herra German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English high-muck-a-muck, pooh-bahan arrogant or conceited person of importance Hooray Henrya lively and ineffectual upper-class young man hostessa woman host housefathera man in charge of children in an institution hunka well-built sexually attractive man ex, ex-husbanda man who was formerly a certain woman's husband inamorataa woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship inamoratoa man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship iron man, ironmana strong man of exceptional physical endurance ironsidea man of great strength or bravery jezebela shameless impudent scheming woman jilta woman who jilts a lover kingmakeran important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence bigwig, kingpin, top bananathe most important person in a group or undertaking ladya polite name for any woman latitudinariana person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) attorney, lawyera professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice bibliothec, librariana professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services maenadan unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman magnificoa person of distinguished rank or appearance adonisany handsome young man materfamilias, matriarcha female head of a family or tribe matriarcha feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) matrona woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution mestizaa woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) middle-aged mana man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old minimalista conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics fancy woman, kept woman, mistressan adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man Monsieurused as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' mossbackan extremely old-fashioned conservative mother figurea woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother figure, name, public figurea well-known or notable person nanny, nurse, nursemaida woman who is the custodian of children neocon, neoconservativea conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism neoliberala liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism nepotista powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends nonagenariansomeone whose age is in the nineties nullipara(obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child houri, nympha voluptuously beautiful young woman nympheta sexually attractive young woman octogenariansomeone whose age is in the eighties old boya vivacious elderly man old boy, old mana familiar term of address for a man Methuselah, graybeard, greybeard, old mana man who is very old old womana woman who is old paterfamilias, patriarchthe male head of family or tribe pawnbrokera person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security Peter Pana boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up pluralistsomeone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society policy makersomeone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc. poncea man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses possemanan able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse power broker, powerbrokera person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control practician, practitionersomeone who practices a learned profession publishera person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservativean extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism right-winger, rightista member of a right wing political party sacred cowa person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism Senhora Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr' septuagenariansomeone whose age is in the seventies sexagenariansomeone whose age is in the sixties shaveran adult male who shaves shiksa, shiksea derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women signior, signorused as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately signorean Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name) sirterm of address for a man sirdaran important person in India slickera person with good manners and stylish clothing beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweethearta very attractive or seductive looking woman socialitea socially prominent person square, square toesa formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views stiffan ordinary man he-man, macho-man, studa man who is virile and sexually active suna person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc sylpha slender graceful young woman Tarzan(sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs) diehard, traditionalistone who adheres to traditional views unmarried womana woman who is not married VIP, dignitary, high muckamuck, high-up, panjandrum, very important personan important or influential (and often overbearing) person vestala chaste woman Waca member of the Women's Army Corps Wavea member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch Whiga member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories widow, widow womana woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried widower, widowmana man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried married woman, wifea married woman; a man's partner in marriage philanderer, womaniser, womanizera man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them golden boy, wonder boya man who is unusually successful at an early age wonder womana woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time worthyan important, honorable person (word is often used humorously) young buck, young mana teenager or a young adult male yuppiea young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 2adj (of animals) fully developed Syn adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown mature having reached full natural growth or development |
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