Words that rhyme with ban

• divan 2
  n 1: a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall) 2: a Muslim council of state [syn: divan, diwan] 3: a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author) [syn: divan, diwan] 4: a Muslim council chamber or law court [syn: divan, diwan]
• sedan 2
  n 1: a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors [syn: sedan, saloon] 2: a closed litter for one passenger [syn: sedan, sedan chair]
• adman 0
  n 1: someone whose business is advertising [syn: advertiser, advertizer, adman]
• afghan 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people [syn: Afghani, Afghan, Afghanistani] n 1: a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl 2: a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan [syn: Afghan, Afghanistani] 3: an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan [syn: Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto, Afghani, Afghan] 4: a coat made of sheepskin [syn: sheepskin coat, afghan] 5: tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East [syn: Afghan hound, Afghan]
• ain 0
  adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
• an 0
  n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
• anchorman 0
  n 1: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute [syn: anchor, anchorman, anchorperson]
• autobahn 0
  n 1: an expressway in a German-speaking country
• bang 0
  adv 1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt] n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt] 2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam] 3: a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead [syn: bang, fringe] 4: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick] 5: 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" [syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang] v 1: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam, bang] 2: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed" 3: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam, bang] 4: move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house" 5: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk] 6: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn: spang, bang]
• batman 0
  n 1: an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
• bedpan 0
  n 1: a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination
• bhang 0
  n 1: a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India
• billabong 0
  n 1: a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently 2: a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high
• bogeyman 0
  n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger]
• bonbon 0
  n 1: a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
• bong 0
  n 1: a dull resonant sound as of a bell v 1: ring loudly and deeply; "the big bell bonged"
• brainpan 0
  n 1: the part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn: cranium, braincase, brainpan]
• bran 0
  n 1: broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting 2: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
• businessman 0
  n 1: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) [syn: businessman, man of affairs]
• cameraman 0
  n 1: a photographer who operates a movie camera [syn: cameraman, camera operator, cinematographer]
• can 0
  n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can] 2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: can, canful] 3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: can, can buoy] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 6: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" [syn: can, tin, put up] 2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire]
• cancan 0
  n 1: a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
• caravan 0
  n 1: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety" [syn: caravan, train, wagon train] 2: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van, caravan] v 1: travel in a caravan
• catamaran 0
  n 1: a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck
• charabanc 0
  n 1: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle]
• chessman 0
  n 1: any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess [syn: chessman, chess piece]
• clan 0
  n 1: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
• cyan 0
  adj 1: of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, blue- green, cyan, teal] n 1: a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color
• deadpan 0
  adv 1: without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke deadpan" adj 1: deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read" [syn: deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker- faced, unexpressive]
• deskman 0
  n 1: the police sergeant on duty in a police station [syn: desk sergeant, deskman, station keeper]
• dishpan 0
  n 1: large pan for washing dishes
• doorman 0
  n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]
• dustpan 0
  n 1: the quantity that a dustpan will hold [syn: dustpan, dustpanful] 2: a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept
• earthman 0
  n 1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling]
• fan 0
  n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces 2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan, fan, rooter] 3: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover] v 1: strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) 2: make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred" 3: agitate the air 4: separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" [syn: winnow, fan]
• flan 0
  n 1: open pastry filled with fruit or custard
• frogman 0
  n 1: someone who works underwater [syn: diver, frogman, underwater diver]
• hardpan 0
  n 1: crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium- carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions [syn: caliche, hardpan]
• iceman 0
  n 1: someone who cuts and delivers ice 2: a professional killer [syn: hatchet man, iceman]
• khan 0
  n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries 2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]
• lawman 0
  n 1: an officer of the law [syn: lawman, law officer, peace officer]
• madman 0
  n 1: an insane person [syn: lunatic, madman, maniac]
• mailman 0
  n 1: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier]
• man 0
  n 1: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: man, adult male] [ant: adult female, woman] 2: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel] [ant: civilian] 3: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" 4: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being, human] 5: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" 6: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" 7: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man] 8: 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" [ant: woman] 9: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: Man, Isle of Man] 10: 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" [syn: man, piece] 11: 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" [syn: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man] v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" 2: provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
• milkman 0
  n 1: someone who delivers milk
• newsman 0
  n 1: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories [syn: reporter, newsman, newsperson]
• oilcan 0
  n 1: a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery
• pan 0
  n 1: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn: pan, cooking pan] 2: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus [syn: Pan, goat god] 3: shallow container made of metal 4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids [syn: Pan, genus Pan] v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room" 2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals [syn: pan, pan out, pan off] 3: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart, trash]
• pecan 0
  n 1: wood of a pecan tree 2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis] 3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
• plan 0
  n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan, program, programme] 2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design, plan] 3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" [syn: plan, architectural plan] v 1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: plan, be after] 2: make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" 3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design] 4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" [syn: design, plan]
• rattan 0
  n 1: climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes [syn: rattan, rattan palm, Calamus rotang] 2: the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes [syn: rattan, rattan cane] 3: a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms [syn: rattan, ratan]
• sandman 0
  n 1: an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy
• saucepan 0
  n 1: a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling
• scan 0
  n 1: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars" 2: an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" [syn: scan, CAT scan] v 1: examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray" 2: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down] 3: make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky" 4: conform to a metrical pattern 5: move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image 6: read metrically; "scan verses" 7: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" [syn: read, scan]
• shebang 0
  n 1: an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang'
• snowman 0
  n 1: a figure of a person made of packed snow
• spaceman 0
  n 1: a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut]
• span 0
  n 1: the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour" 2: the distance or interval between two points 3: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 4: a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches) 5: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn: bridge, span] 6: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle, span] v 1: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" [syn: cross, traverse, span, sweep]
• strongman 0
  n 1: a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus 2: a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence; "he is determined to bring down the Iraqi strongman"
• suntan 0
  n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] v 1: get a tan from being exposed to the sun
• tan 0
  adj 1: of a light yellowish-brown color n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] 2: a light brown the color of topaz [syn: tan, topaz] 3: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle [syn: tangent, tan] v 1: treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather 2: get a tan, from wind or sun [syn: tan, bronze]
• unman 0
  v 1: cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
• van 0
  n 1: any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave] 2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: vanguard, van] 3: (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight 4: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van, caravan] 5: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
• wan 0
  adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid, wan, sick] 2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan] 3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile" n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN] v 1: become pale and sickly
• wingspan 0
  n 1: linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil [syn: wingspan, wingspread]
• tarzan 0
  n 1: (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs) 2: a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs [syn: Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes]
• yuan 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai] 2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]
• ane 0
  adj 1: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish" [syn: one, 1, i, ane]
• spokane 0
  n 1: a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border
• cheyenne 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state [syn: Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming] 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne 3: a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)
• bonn 0
  n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
• han 0
  n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty]
• xian 0
  n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian]
• bhutan 0
  n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]
• gabon 0
  n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun]
• iran 0
  n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]
• koran 0
  n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]
• sorbonne 0
  n 1: a university in Paris; intellectual center of France [syn: Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne]
• kazakhstan 0
  n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak]
• cannes 0
  n 1: a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival
• gran 0
  n 1: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna]
• jan 0
  n 1: the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice [syn: January, Jan]
• klan 0
  n 1: a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people [syn: Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK]
• lan 0
  n 1: a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices [syn: local area network, LAN]
• mann 0
  n 1: United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859) [syn: Mann, Horace Mann] 2: German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955) [syn: Mann, Thomas Mann]
• nan 0
  n 1: your grandmother 2: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna] 3: a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya [syn: Nan, Nan River] 4: leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop [syn: nan, naan]
• quran 0
  n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]
• shan 0
  n 1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Tai Long, Shan]
• cezanne 0
  n 1: French Post-impressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906) [syn: Cezanne, Paul Cezanne]
• japan 0
  n 1: a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [syn: Japan, Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago] 2: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon] 3: lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer 4: lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient v 1: coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
• lausanne 0
  n 1: a city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center
• rodin 0
  n 1: French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917) [syn: Rodin, Auguste Rodin, Francois Auguste Rene Rodin]
• saran 0
  n 1: any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things
• sudan 0
  n 1: a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956 [syn: Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan] 2: a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea [syn: Sudan, Soudan]
• harmattan 0
  n 1: a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter
• minivan 0
  n 1: a small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car
• dayan 0
  n 1: Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) [syn: Dayan, Moshe Dayan]
• anne 0
  n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• schwann 0
  n 1: German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882) [syn: Schwann, Theodor Schwann]
• audubon 0
  n 1: United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851) [syn: Audubon, John James Audubon]

See also ban definition and ban synonyms