Words that rhyme with deliveryman

  • tungsten
    n 1: a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74]
  • abdomen
    n 1: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis [syn: abdomen, venter, stomach, belly] 2: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm [syn: abdominal cavity, abdomen]
  • adman
    n 1: someone whose business is advertising [syn: advertiser, advertizer, adman]
  • ain
    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]
  • airman
    n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
  • alderman
    n 1: a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
  • anchorman
    n 1: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute [syn: anchor, anchorman, anchorperson]
  • artilleryman
    n 1: a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner]
  • assemblyman
    n 1: someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
  • backgammon
    n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
  • badminton
    n 1: a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
  • bagman
    n 1: a salesman who travels to call on customers [syn: traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman] 2: a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
  • bane
    n 1: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]
  • barman
    n 1: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar [syn: bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist]
  • batman
    n 1: an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
  • blain
    n 1: an inflammatory swelling or sore
  • bogeyman
    n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger]
  • bondwoman
    n 1: a female bound to serve without wages [syn: bondwoman, bondswoman, bondmaid] 2: a female slave [syn: bondwoman, bondswoman, bondmaid]
  • bowman
    n 1: a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn: archer, bowman]
  • brain
    n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain, encephalon] 2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit] 3: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous] 4: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein] 5: the brain of certain animals used as meat v 1: hit on the head 2: kill by smashing someone's skull
  • brimstone
    n 1: an old name for sulfur [syn: brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur]
  • businessman
    n 1: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) [syn: businessman, man of affairs]
  • businesswoman
    n 1: a female businessperson
  • cacodemon
    n 1: an evil spirit [syn: cacodemon, cacodaemon] [ant: eudaemon, eudemon, good spirit]
  • caiman
    n 1: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly [syn: caiman, cayman]
  • cameraman
    n 1: a photographer who operates a movie camera [syn: cameraman, camera operator, cinematographer]
  • cane
    n 1: a stick that people can lean on to help them walk 2: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane 3: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast]
  • canton
    n 1: a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port [syn: Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton] 2: a small administrative division of a country v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton] 2: divide into cantons, of a country
  • capstan
    n 1: a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
  • catechumen
    n 1: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist [syn: catechumen, neophyte]
  • cavalryman
    n 1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: cavalryman, trooper] 2: a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount" [syn: cavalryman, trooper]
  • caveman
    n 1: someone who lives in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man, cave dweller, troglodyte]
  • chain
    n 1: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain, concatenation] 2: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) [syn: chain, chemical chain] 3: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 4: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership 5: anything that acts as a restraint 6: a unit of length 7: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain] 8: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains] 9: a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies" 10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand] v 1: connect or arrange into a chain by linking 2: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together" [ant: unchain]
  • chairman
    n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson] v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" [syn: chair, chairman]
  • chairwoman
    n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson]
  • charwoman
    n 1: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman]
  • chessman
    n 1: any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess [syn: chessman, chess piece]
  • chieftain
    n 1: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: captain, chieftain] 2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief]
  • cistern
    n 1: a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid [syn: cisterna, cistern] 2: a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet [syn: cistern, water tank] 3: an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
  • clergyman
    n 1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
  • committeeman
    n 1: a man who is a member of committee
  • committeewoman
    n 1: a woman who is a member of a committee
  • common
    adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant: individual, single] 2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon] 3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn: common, mutual] 4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual] 5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common, vernacular, vulgar] 6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed] 7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common] 8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar] 9: to be expected; standard; "common decency" n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons, common, green]
  • congresswoman
    n 1: a member of the United States House of Representatives [syn: congressman, congresswoman, representative]
  • councilwoman
    n 1: a woman who is a council member
  • countryman
    n 1: a man from your own country 2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn: countryman, ruralist]
  • countrywoman
    n 1: a woman who lives in the country and has country ways 2: a woman from your own country
  • cowman
    n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
  • crane
    n 1: United States writer (1871-1900) [syn: Crane, Stephen Crane] 2: United States poet (1899-1932) [syn: Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane] 3: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix [syn: Grus, Crane] 4: lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis 5: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world v 1: stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" [syn: crane, stretch out]
  • crewman
    n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: sailor, crewman] 2: a member of a flight crew [syn: crewman, crew member] 3: a member of a work crew
  • daemon
    n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon] 2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: daemon, demigod]
  • dairyman
    n 1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: dairyman, dairy farmer] 2: a man who works in a dairy
  • deign
    v 1: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: condescend, deign, descend]
  • demon
    n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon] 2: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre] 3: someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"
  • destine
    v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate] 2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]
  • doorman
    n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]
  • doubleton
    n 1: (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
  • drain
    n 1: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it [syn: drain, drainage] 2: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material 3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: drain, drainpipe, waste pipe] 4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration" v 1: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" [syn: drain, run out] 2: deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" 3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank" 4: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]
  • earthman
    n 1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling]
  • eastern
    adj 1: lying toward or situated in the east; "the eastern end of the island" 2: of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States; "the Eastern establishment" [ant: western] 3: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities" [syn: easterly, eastern] 4: relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world; "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions" [ant: western] 5: from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly" [syn: easterly, eastern]
  • etymon
    n 1: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes [syn: etymon, root]
  • everyman
    n 1: the ordinary person
  • fain
    adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain] adj 1: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared]
  • famine
    n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine, shortage] 2: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
  • feign
    v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble] 2: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign]
  • ferryman
    n 1: a man who operates a ferry
  • fireman
    n 1: play in which children pretend to put out a fire 2: a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) [syn: stoker, fireman] 3: a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: reliever, relief pitcher, fireman] 4: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires [syn: fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater]
  • foreman
    n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss] 2: a man who is foreperson of a jury
  • forewoman
    n 1: a woman who is foreperson of a jury [syn: forewoman, forelady] 2: a woman in charge of a group of workers
  • fountain
    n 1: a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises 2: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring] 3: an artificially produced flow of water [syn: fountain, jet] 4: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water [syn: fountain, fount]
  • freedman
    n 1: a person who has been freed from slavery [syn: freedman, freedwoman]
  • freedwoman
    n 1: a person who has been freed from slavery [syn: freedman, freedwoman]
  • freeman
    n 1: a person who is not a serf or a slave [syn: freeman, freewoman]
  • gagman
    n 1: a comedian who uses gags [syn: gagman, standup comedian] 2: someone who writes comic material for public performers [syn: gagman, gagster, gagwriter]
  • gain
    n 1: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" [syn: addition, increase, gain] 2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: profit, gain] 3: the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn: amplification, gain] 4: the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating [ant: loss, red, red ink] v 1: obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" [syn: derive, gain] 2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" [syn: acquire, win, gain] [ant: lose] 3: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" [syn: profit, gain, benefit] 4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain] 5: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede] 6: rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" [syn: advance, gain] 7: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed" [syn: gain, gather] 8: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in] 9: increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" [syn: gain, put on] [ant: lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin]
  • gasman
    n 1: someone employed by a gas company
  • gentlewoman
    n 1: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman]
  • grain
    n 1: a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar" 2: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses [syn: grain, food grain, cereal] 3: the side of leather from which the hair has been removed 4: a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat [syn: grain, metric grain] 5: 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams 6: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams 7: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain, caryopsis] 8: a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas" 9: the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense" 10: the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain" 11: the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" [syn: texture, grain] v 1: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" [syn: ingrain, grain] 2: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood 3: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain] 4: become granular [syn: granulate, grain]
  • gunman
    n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter] 2: a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) [syn: gunman, gun]
  • handyman
    n 1: a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks [syn: handyman, jack of all trades, odd-job man]
  • hangman
    n 1: an executioner who hangs the condemned person
  • headman
    n 1: an executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn: headsman, headman] 2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief]
  • highwayman
    n 1: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it [syn: highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent]
  • horsewoman
    n 1: a woman horseman
  • human
    adj 1: characteristic of humanity; "human nature" 2: relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects" 3: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty" [ant: nonhuman] n 1: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being, human]
  • hymen
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage 2: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane]
  • iceman
    n 1: someone who cuts and delivers ice 2: a professional killer [syn: hatchet man, iceman]
  • ichneumon
    n 1: northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs [syn: ichneumon, Herpestes ichneumon]
  • infantryman
    n 1: fights on foot with small arms [syn: infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger]
  • inhuman
    adj 1: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate] 2: belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"
  • intestine
    n 1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut]
  • jazzman
    n 1: a musician who plays or composes jazz music [syn: jazz musician, jazzman]
  • journeyman
    n 1: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft [syn: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer]
  • juryman
    n 1: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury [syn: juror, juryman, jurywoman]
  • kinswoman
    n 1: a female relative
  • lane
    n 1: a narrow way or road 2: a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
  • lantern
    n 1: light in a transparent protective case
  • lawman
    n 1: an officer of the law [syn: lawman, law officer, peace officer]
  • layman
    n 1: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person [syn: layman, layperson, secular] [ant: clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend]
  • lectern
    n 1: desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer [syn: lectern, reading desk]

See also deliveryman definition and deliveryman synonyms