Words that rhyme with oman

  • acumen
    n 1: a tapering point 2: shrewdness shown by keen insight [syn: insightfulness, acumen]
  • aircraftman
    n 1: a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force [syn: aircraftsman, aircraftman]
  • albumen
    n 1: a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen] 2: the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" [syn: egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin]
  • albumin
    n 1: a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen]
  • anon
    adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon" 2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
  • backwoodsman
    n 1: a man who lives on the frontier [syn: frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man]
  • bandsman
    n 1: a player in a band (especially a military band)
  • bargeman
    n 1: someone who operates a barge [syn: lighterman, bargeman, bargee]
  • batman
    n 1: an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
  • baton
    n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir [syn: baton, wand] 2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club] 3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
  • batsman
    n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman]
  • beadsman
    n 1: a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman, bedesman]
  • bellman
    n 1: someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels [syn: bellboy, bellman, bellhop]
  • bitumen
    n 1: any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
  • boatman
    n 1: someone who drives or rides in a boat [syn: boatman, boater, waterman]
  • bondman
    n 1: a male bound to serve without wages [syn: bondman, bondsman] 2: a male slave [syn: bondman, bondsman]
  • bondsman
    n 1: a male slave [syn: bondman, bondsman] 2: someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else [syn: bondsman, bondswoman] 3: a male bound to serve without wages [syn: bondman, bondsman]
  • bookman
    n 1: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]
  • brakeman
    n 1: a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
  • brawn
    n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]
  • bushman
    n 1: a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa 2: a dweller in the Australian bush country
  • businessman
    n 1: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) [syn: businessman, man of affairs]
  • cameraman
    n 1: a photographer who operates a movie camera [syn: cameraman, camera operator, cinematographer]
  • cattleman
    n 1: a man who raises (or tends) cattle [syn: cattleman, cow man, beef man] 2: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
  • chessman
    n 1: any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess [syn: chessman, chess piece]
  • chiffon
    n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
  • chon
    n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea 2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea
  • churchman
    n 1: a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]
  • clansman
    n 1: a member of a clan [syn: clansman, clanswoman, clan member]
  • coachman
    n 1: a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
  • coastguardsman
    n 1: a member of a coastguard
  • cognomen
    n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname] 2: the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: surname, family name, cognomen, last name]
  • con
    adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con" [ant: pro] n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro] 2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] 3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] 2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn]
  • congressman
    n 1: a member of the United States House of Representatives [syn: congressman, congresswoman, representative]
  • councilman
    n 1: a man who is a council member
  • cracksman
    n 1: a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents [syn: safebreaker, safecracker, cracksman]
  • craftsman
    n 1: a professional whose work is consistently of high quality; "as an actor he was a consummate craftsman" 2: a creator of great skill in the manual arts; "the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen" [syn: craftsman, crafter] 3: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft [syn: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer]
  • cragsman
    n 1: a climber of vertical rock faces [syn: rock climber, cragsman]
  • cyclamen
    n 1: Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals [syn: cyclamen, Cyclamen purpurascens]
  • dawn
    n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning] 3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place] 2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned" 3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
  • denouement
    n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events 2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
  • determine
    v 1: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" [syn: determine, find, find out, ascertain] 2: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate] 3: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: determine, set] 4: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit] 5: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" [syn: decide, make up one's mind, determine] 6: fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property" 7: settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument" [syn: settle, square off, square up, determine] 8: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn]
  • don
    n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman 2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don] 3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father] 4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu 5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov [syn: Don, Don River] 6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto" v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume]
  • dragoman
    n 1: an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
  • draughtsman
    n 1: a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines [syn: draftsman, draughtsman, draftsperson]
  • drawn
    adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn] 2: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"
  • dustman
    n 1: someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse [syn: garbage man, garbageman, garbage collector, garbage carter, garbage hauler, refuse collector, dustman]
  • fawn
    n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn] 2: a young deer v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] 3: have fawns; "deer fawn"
  • fieldsman
    n 1: a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting [syn: fielder, fieldsman]
  • fisherman
    n 1: someone whose occupation is catching fish [syn: fisherman, fisher]
  • foeman
    n 1: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition]
  • footman
    n 1: a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
  • foregone
    adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone]
  • freshman
    adj 1: used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college" [syn: freshman, first-year] n 1: a first-year undergraduate [syn: freshman, fresher] 2: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant]
  • frogman
    n 1: someone who works underwater [syn: diver, frogman, underwater diver]
  • frontiersman
    n 1: a man who lives on the frontier [syn: frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man]
  • gentleman
    n 1: a man of refinement 2: 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]
  • gone
    adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)] 2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone] 3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone] 4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind"
  • groomsman
    n 1: a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
  • groundsman
    n 1: someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) [syn: groundsman, groundskeeper, groundkeeper]
  • guardsman
    n 1: a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'
  • 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]
  • hangman
    n 1: an executioner who hangs the condemned person
  • harvestman
    n 1: spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs [syn: harvestman, daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio]
  • 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]
  • headsman
    n 1: an executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn: headsman, headman]
  • helmsman
    n 1: the person who steers a ship [syn: helmsman, steersman, steerer]
  • henchman
    n 1: someone who assists in a plot [syn: confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crime]
  • herdsman
    n 1: someone who drives a herd [syn: herder, herdsman, drover]
  • horseman
    n 1: a man skilled in equitation [syn: horseman, equestrian, horseback rider] 2: a person who breeds and cares for horses [syn: horseman, horse fancier]
  • houseman
    n 1: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) [syn: intern, interne, houseman, medical intern]
  • huntsman
    n 1: someone who hunts game [syn: hunter, huntsman]
  • husbandman
    n 1: a person who operates a farm [syn: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster]
  • john
    n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] 2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John, King John, John Lackland] 3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine] 4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick] 5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: John, Gospel According to John]
  • khan
    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]
  • kinsman
    n 1: a male relative
  • landsman
    n 1: a person who lives and works on land [syn: landlubber, landsman, landman] 2: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage [syn: landlubber, lubber, landsman]
  • lawn
    n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
  • liegeman
    n 1: a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord [syn: vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory]
  • lineman
    n 1: one of the players on the line of scrimmage 2: the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole 3: a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines [syn: electrician, lineman, linesman] 4: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage
  • linesman
    n 1: official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) 2: a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines [syn: electrician, lineman, linesman]
  • madman
    n 1: an insane person [syn: lunatic, madman, maniac]
  • mammon
    n 1: wealth regarded as an evil influence 2: (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"
  • marksman
    n 1: someone skilled in shooting [syn: marksman, sharpshooter, crack shot]
  • merchantman
    n 1: a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" [syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship]
  • midshipman
    n 1: a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training
  • militiaman
    n 1: a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies
  • milkman
    n 1: someone who delivers milk
  • nobleman
    n 1: a titled peer of the realm [syn: Lord, noble, nobleman] [ant: Lady, noblewoman, peeress]
  • non
    adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
  • oarsman
    n 1: someone who rows a boat [syn: oarsman, rower]
  • ombudsman
    n 1: a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government
  • omen
    n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy] v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
  • on
    adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" [syn: along, on] 2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?" 3: in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on" adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position" [ant: off] 2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant: cancelled, off]
  • outdoorsman
    n 1: a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing)
  • packman
    n 1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) [syn: peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman]
  • patrolman
    n 1: a policeman who patrols a given region [syn: flatfoot, patrolman]
  • pawn
    n 1: an article deposited as security 2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument, pawn, cat's-paw] 3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank 4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
  • pecan
    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
  • penman
    n 1: informal terms for journalists [syn: scribe, scribbler, penman]

See also oman definition and oman synonyms