Synonyms of the word

guy

• n. (Britain) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
• n. (dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
• n. (colloquial) A man, fellow; also (especially in plural) in more gender-neutral sense, a person.
• n. (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) Thing, creature.
• n. (colloquial, figuratively) Thing, unit.
• n. (informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
• v. (intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
• v. (transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
• n. (obsolete, rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
• n. (chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted…
• n. (chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away…
• v. To equip with a support cable.

bemock

• v. (archaic) To ridicule or mock.
• v. (transitive) To mock repeatedly; flout.
• v. (transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.

blackguard

• n. A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
• v. To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.

bozo

• n. (slang) A stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man.

brace

• n. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
• n. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
• n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• n. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
• n. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
• n. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
• n. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
• n. Harness; warlike preparation.
• n. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words…
• n. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely…
• n. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces,…
• n. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally;…
• n. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or…
• n. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
• v. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
• v. (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient…
• v. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
• v. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
• v. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
• v. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
• v. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

bracing

• v. present participle of brace.
• adj. Invigorating or stimulating.
• n. A brace.
• n. (US) A form of the military attention stance.

cat

• n. An animal of the family Felidae.
• n. A person.
• n. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
• n. (chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
• n. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.).
• n. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
• n. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
• n. (slang, vulgar, African American Vernacular) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
• n. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever…
• v. (nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
• v. (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
• v. (slang) To vomit something.
• n. A catamaran.
• n. (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the…
• v. (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
• v. (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of…
• adj. (Ireland, informal) terrible, disastrous.
• n. (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
• n. (military, naval) A catapult.
• n. Abbreviation of category.
• n. A catfish.

effigy

• n. A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
• n. A likeness of a person.

hombre

• n. (chiefly US, in Spanish-speaking contexts, slang) A man, a chap, a guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish…

image

• n. An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
• n. A mental picture of something not real or not present.
• n. (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image,…
• n. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to…
• n. (mathematics) Something mapped to by a function.
• n. (mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
• n. (obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.
• v. (transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
• v. (transitive) To reflect, mirror.
• v. (transitive) To create an image of.
• v. (transitive, computing) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

man

• n. An adult male human.
• n. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
• n. A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.).
• n. (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.).
• n. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
• n. (obsolete) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
• n. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity,…
• n. (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
• n. A husband.
• n. A lover; a boyfriend.
• n. A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used…
• n. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last…
• n. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
• n. A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
• n. An adult male servant. (historical) A vassal. A subject.
• n. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
• n. (MLE, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
• n. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience,…
• n. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
• adj. Only used in man enough.
• interj. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing…
• v. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
• v. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
• v. (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence…

mock

• n. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
• n. Mockery, the act of mocking.
• n. A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
• v. To mimic, to simulate.
• v. To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
• v. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
• adj. Imitation, not genuine; fake.

rib

• n. Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from…
• n. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
• n. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
• n. (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to…
• n. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
• n. (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially…
• n. (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
• n. (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
• n. A teasing joke.
• n. (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
• n. A stalk of celery.
• n. (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.
• v. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
• v. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
• v. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
• v. (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

ridicule

• v. (transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun…
• n. derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour.
• n. An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
• n. The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
• adj. (obsolete) ridiculous.

roast

• v. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering,…
• v. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
• v. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
• v. To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
• v. (metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
• n. A cut of meat suited to roasting.
• n. A meal consisting of roast foods.
• n. The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
• n. (Originally fraternal) A comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised…
• adj. having been cooked by roasting.
• adj. (figuratively) subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.

simulacrum

• n. An image or representation.
• n. A faint trace or semblance.

stabilise

• v. Alternative spelling of stabilize.

stabilize

• v. (transitive) To make stable.
• v. (intransitive) To become stable.

steady

• adj. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
• adj. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded…
• adj. Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
• adj. Regular and even.
• adj. Slow.
• v. To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.
• n. (informal) A regular customer.