Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept SocialRole
More specialized WordNet synsets
- brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
- people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"
- profession, community
- the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community"
- legal profession, bar, legal community
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law
- health profession
- the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients
- medical profession, medical community
- the body of individuals who practice medicine
- businessmen, business community
- the body of individuals who manage businesses
- community of scholars
- the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees
- economics profession
- the body of professional economists
- priesthood
- the body of ordained religious practitioners
- pastorate
- pastors collectively
- prelacy, prelature
- prelates collectively
- ministry
- religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
- rabbinate
- rabbis collectively
- cult
- adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
- sainthood
- saints collectively
- clergy
- clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
- first estate, lords spiritual
- the first of the three estates of the realm; the clergy in France and the lords spiritual in Britain
- cardinalate
- cardinals collectively
- laity, temporalty
- everyone except the clergy
- citizenry, people
- the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"
- electorate
- the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
- governed
- the body of people who are citizens of a particular government; "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"--Declaration of Independence
- judiciary, bench
- persons who administer justice
- estate, estate of the realm
- a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights
- population
- the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemd to be well fed and clothed"
- multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people
- the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
- admass
- the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)
- third estate
- the third estate of the realm; the commons (especially in Britain or France) viewed as forming a political order having representation in a parliament
- labor, labour, working class, proletariat
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
- labor force, labor pool
- the source of trained people from which workers can be hired
- lower class
- the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
- middle class, bourgeoisie
- the social class between the lower and upper classes
- commonalty, commonality, commons
- class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank
- petit bourgeois, petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie
- lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
- peasantry
- the class of peasants
- work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men
- the force of workers available
- fandom
- the fans of a sport or famous person
- community
- a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"
- civil service
- government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations
- diplomatic service, diplomatic corps, corps diplomatique
- the body of diplomatic personnel
- government officials, officialdom
- people elected or appointed to administer a government
- fourth estate, press
- newspaper writers and photographers
- craft, trade
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
- staff
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"
- line personnel
- personnel having direct job performance responsibilities
- management personnel
- personnel having overall planning and direction responsibilities
- bureaucracy, bureaucratism
- nonelective government officials
- spiritual leader
- a leader in religious or sacred affairs
- Bodhisattva, Boddhisatva
- Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
- Arhat, Arhant, lohan
- a Buddhist who has attained nirvana
- Buddha
- one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
- vestal virgin
- (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple
- Liliputian
- a citizen of Liliput (the imaginary country in Gulliver's Travels)
- Myrmidon
- (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy
- applicant, applier
- a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
- appointee, appointment
- a person who is appointed to a job or position
- candidate, prospect
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- auctioneer
- an agent who conducts an auction
- capitalist
- a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
- captor
- a person who captures and holds people or animals
- cofounder
- one of a group of founders
- commoner, common man, common person
- a person who holds no title
- conservator
- someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person
- constituent
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"
- consumer
- a person who uses goods or services
- contestant
- a person who participates in competitions
- cosigner, cosignatory
- one of two people or more who sign the same document
- eulogist, panegyrist
- an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
- ex-gambler
- a former gambler
- ex-mayor
- a former mayor
- ex-president
- a former president
- mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary
- a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
- money handler, money dealer
- a person who receives, invests or pays out money
- national, subject
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
- peer, equal, match, compeer
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- primitive, primitive person
- a person who belongs to early stage of civilization
- prize winner, lottery winner
- the winner of a lottery
- unskilled person
- a person who lacks technical training
- brave
- a North American Indian warrior
- swami
- a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect
- chela
- a Hindu disciple of a swami
- Lancastrian
- a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- Hanoverian
- a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover
- Junker
- member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism
- abdicator
- one who formally relinquishes and office or responsibility
- abecedarian
- a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
- aberrant
- one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
- academician
- someone elected to honorary membership in an academy
- acceptor
- the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures
- chaperon, chaperone
- one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
- duenna
- (Spain; Portugal; etc) a woman chaperon
- accommodation endorser
- a person who endorses a promissory note without compensation or benefit but simply as a favor to the borrower
- accused, defendant, suspect
- a person against whom an action is brought in a court of law
- accuser, claimant
- someone who imputes guilt or blame
- acolyte
- one who assists a minister in a liturgical service
- acquaintance, friend
- a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
- adjudicator
- a person who adjudicates
- adjunct
- a person who is subordinate to another
- administrator
- the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
- adviser, advisor, consultant
- an expert who gives advice
- alderman
- a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
- ally, confederate, friend
- an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers"
- altar boy
- a boy serving as an acolyte
- alter ego
- a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself
- alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad
- a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- ambassador
- an informal representative; "an ambassador of good will"
- amicus curiae, friend of the court
- an adviser to the court on some matter of law; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit but is not a party to it
- analysand
- a person undergoing psychoanalysis
- angel, backer
- invests in a theatrical production
- apostolic delegate
- (Roman Catholic) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it
- appellant, plaintiff in error
- the party who appeals a decision of a lower court
- appointee
- an official who is appointed
- arbiter, arbitrator
- someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- aristocrat, blue blood, patrician
- a member of the aristocracy
- armiger
- a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms
- armiger, armor-bearer
- a squire carrying the armor of a knight
- art student
- someone studying to be an artist
- assemblyman
- someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
- assemblywoman
- a woman assemblyman
- assignee
- the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)
- associate
- a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
- attendant
- one who attends or waits on another
- back
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- backbencher
- a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is not a party leader
- backroom boy, brain truster
- an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status
- bailee
- the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered
- bailor
- the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment
- ball carrier
- the football carrier who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball
- bandleader
- the leader of a dance band
- bandmaster
- the conductor of a band
- bandsman
- a player in a band (especially a military band)
- banker
- the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
- baron
- a British peer of the lowest rank
- baron
- a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
- baronet, bart
- a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart."
- baroness
- a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
- bearer
- a person who presents a note or bond for payment; "marked payable to bearer"
- begum
- a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
- bellwether
- someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
- bench warmer
- (sports) a substitute who seldom plays
- beneficiary, donee
- the recipient of funds or other benefits
- best friend
- the one friend who is closest to you
- best man
- the principal groomsman at a wedding
- betrothed
- the person to whom you are engaged
- bidder
- someone who makes an offer
- bigamist
- someone who marries one person while already legally married to another
- Big Brother
- an authoritarian leader
- Black and Tan
- an English recruit serving in the Royal Irish Constabulary to combat Sinn Fein in 1921
- blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist
- a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- blind date
- a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)
- blocker
- a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play
- bondsman, bondswoman
- someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
- boss, hirer
- a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job"
- Bourbon
- a member of the European royal family that ruled France
- bourgeois, burgher
- a member of the middle class
- boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man
- a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"
- exboyfriend
- a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend
- Brahmin, Brahman
- a member of the highest of the four Hindu castes; "originally all Brahmins were priests"
- Brahmin, Brahman
- a member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an Old New England family: "a Boston Brahmin"
- breadwinner
- one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
- buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
- a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- burgess, burgher
- a citizen of an English borough
- burgrave
- a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
- caller, company
- a social visitor; "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"
- caller, phoner, telephoner
- the person initiating a telephone call
- caregiver
- a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult
- Cavalier
- a supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
- celebrant
- an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist
- center
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage; "the center fumbled the handoff"
- center
- (basketball) the person who plays center
- center
- (ice_hockey) the person who plays center
- charge
- a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street"
- choirboy
- a boy who sings in a choir
- choragus
- leader of a group or festival; (ancient Greece) leader of a chorus
- chorister
- a singer in a choir
- churchgoer, church member
- a religious person who goes to church regularly
- citizen
- a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
- civilian
- a nonmilitary citizen
- civil servant
- a public official who is a member of the civil service
- claimant
- asserts a right or title
- cobber
- Australian term for a pal
- codefendant
- a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action
- collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner
- an associate who works with others toward a common goal
- collaborator, collaborationist, quisling
- someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
- colleague, confrere, fellow
- a person who is member of your class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
- colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow
- an associate you work with
- college student, university student
- a student enrolled in a college or university
- collegian, college man, college boy
- a student (or former student) at a college or university
- colonial
- a resident of a colony
- colonizer
- someone who helps to found a colony
- color bearer, standard-bearer
- the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
- color guard
- a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors
- color sergeant
- a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
- combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
- someone who fights (or is fighting)
- communicant
- a person entitled to receive Communion
- companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
- a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
- companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller
- a traveler who accompanies you
- Comrade
- a fellow member of the Communist Party
- concubine, courtesan, doxy, odalisque, paramour
- a woman who cohabits with an important man
- confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crime
- someone who assists in a plot
- connection
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); "he has powerful connections"
- conscientious objector, CO
- one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
- consignee
- the person to whom merchandise is consigned
- consigner, consignor
- the person who consigns merchandise
- conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator
- a member of a conspiracy
- contractor
- (law) a party to a contract
- convener
- (British) the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings
- conventioneer
- someone who attends a convention
- copartner
- a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)
- corespondent
- the co-defendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding
- co-star
- one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film
- counselor, counsellor
- gives advice about personal problems
- count
- a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- count palatine
- a count who exercised royal authority in his own domains
- countess
- female equivalent of a count or earl
- coxswain, cox
- the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
- creditor
- a lender to whom money is owed
- crofter
- an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
- crossbencher
- a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who does not vote regularly with either the Government or the Opposition
- cross-examiner, cross-questioner
- someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)
- crown prince
- a male heir apparent to a throne
- crown princess
- a female heir apparent to a throne
- crown princess
- the wife of a crown prince
- cuirassier
- a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- curate, minister, parson, pastor, rector
- a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- customer, client
- someone who pays for goods or services
- client
- a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- czar, tsar, tzar
- a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
- czarina, tsarina, tzarina, czaritza, tsaritsa
- the wife or widow of a czar
- Dalai Lama, Grand Lama
- chief lama and once ruler of Tibet
- date, escort
- a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
- dauphin
- formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne
- debtor
- someone who owes money
- debutante, deb
- a young woman making her debut into society
- defaulter, deadbeat
- someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
- defaulter
- someone who fails to make a required appearance in court
- delegate
- a person appointed or elected to represent others
- delinquent, juvenile delinquent
- a young offender
- demagogue, demagog, rabble-rouser
- an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience
- den mother
- a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts
- dependant, dependent
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- depositor
- a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
- deputy, lieutenant
- an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
- deputy, deputy sheriff
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- deputy, surrogate
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- designated driver
- the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home
- designated hitter
- a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher
- devisee
- someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will
- dictator, potentate
- someone who rules unconstrained by law
- divorcee, grass widow
- a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband
- exwife, ex
- a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his exes live in Texas"
- doctor, Dr.
- a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
- doge
- formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
- donor, giver, presenter
- person who makes a gift of property
- donor
- (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person
- draft dodger, draft evader
- someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
- draftee, conscript
- a serviceman who is drafted
- drawee
- the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment
- drawer
- the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
- drawing card, draw, attraction
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had"
- druid
- a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
- drum major
- the leader of a marching band or drum corps
- dry nurse
- a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
- Duce
- leader; "Mussolini was called Il Duce"
- duchess
- the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
- duke
- a British peer of the highest rank
- duke
- a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
- archduke
- a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria
- archduchess
- a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria
- earl
- a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
- Earl Marshal
- an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies
- patriarch, graybeard
- a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
- elder
- any of various church officers
- elder statesman
- an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders
- elder statesman
- any influential person whose advice is highly respected
- elected official
- official who won the office in a free election
- emancipator, manumitter
- someone who frees others from bondage; "Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator"
- emir, amir, emeer, ameer
- an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
- emissary, envoy
- someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
- emperor
- the male ruler of an empire
- empress
- a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor
- enemy, foe, foeman, opposition, opponent
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
- end
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
- end man, corner man
- a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
- enlisted person
- a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer
- enlisted woman
- a female enlisted person in the armed forces
- entrant
- one who enters a competition
- entrepreneur, enterpriser
- someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
- envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary
- a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
- Esquire, Esq
- (British) a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
- evangelist, revivalist, gospeler, gospeller
- a preacher of the Christian gospel
- Excellency
- a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by Your or His or Her: "Your Excellency"
- executant
- a performer (usually of musical works)
- executive officer
- the officer second in command
- executor
- a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
- executrix
- a woman executor
- exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
- exile, deportee
- expelled from home or country by authority
- exile, expatriate
- voluntarily absent from home or country
- ex-spouse
- a person who was formerly a spouse
- faddist
- a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
- fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir
- a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
- famulus
- a close attendant (as to a scholar)
- fan, buff, devotee, lover, afficionado
- an ardent follower
- fancy man, paramour
- a woman's lover
- fare
- a paying (taxi) passenger
- father
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
- favorite son, favourite son
- a politician favored mainly in his or her home state
- female aristocrat
- a woman who is an aristocrat
- feudal lord, seigneur, seignior
- a man of rank in the ancien regime
- fiance, groom-to-be
- a man who is engaged to be married
- fiancee, bride-to-be
- a woman who is engaged to be married
- fiduciary
- a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"
- fielder, fieldsman
- a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
- fielder
- a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
- field judge
- a football official
- field marshal
- an officer holding the highest rank in the army
- field-grade officer, field officer
- an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
- fifth columnist, saboteur
- a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
- filer
- a party who files a notice with a law court
- finalist
- a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
- first baseman, first sacker
- (baseball or softball) the person who plays first base
- first lady
- the wife of a chief executive
- first lady
- the leading woman in an art or profession
- first offender
- someone convicted for the first time
- fixer, influence peddler
- someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
- flamen
- a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
- flapper
- a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress
- flatmate
- an associate who shares an apartment with you
- flatterer, adulator
- a person who uses flattery
- floor leader
- the legislator who organizes his party's strategy
- foe, enemy
- a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
- follower
- an ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another
- follower
- someone who travels behind or pursues another
- football coach
- a coach of football players
- foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- foreigner, outsider
- someone who is not a member of a group
- boss
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions; "he is his own boss now"
- foreman
- a man who is foreperson of a jury
- foreperson
- the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf
- forewoman, forelady
- a woman who is foreperson of a jury
- forward
- the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
- founder, beginner, founding father, father
- a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
- foundress
- a woman founder
- franklin
- (England) a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
- Frau
- a married German woman; used as a title equivalent to Mrs. in English
- freedman, freedwoman
- a person who has been freed from slavery
- freeholder
- the owner of a freehold
- freshman, fresher
- a first-year undergraduate
- friend
- a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
- frontbencher
- a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is a minister or an ex-minister
- fullback
- the person who plays the fullback position on a football team
- gentleman-at-arms
- one of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions
- lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille
- a girl or young woman who is unmarried
- girlfriend, girl, lady friend
- a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out"
- girlfriend
- any female friend; "Mary and her girlfriend organized the party"
- grader
- a judge who assigns grades to something
- graduate nurse, trained nurse
- someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
- graduate student, grad student, postgraduate
- a student who continues studies after graduation
- grand duchess
- the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right
- grand duke
- a prince who rules a territory
- grandee
- a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
- grass widower, divorced man
- a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife
- griot
- a storyteller in W Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
- groom, bridegroom
- a man who has recently been married
- groom, bridegroom
- a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
- groomsman
- a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
- groundling
- in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
- groupie
- an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
- guest, invitee
- a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
- guest
- a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
- guide
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- guru, mahatma, sage
- a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
- guvnor
- (British slang) boss
- halberdier
- a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)
- hatchet man, enforcer
- one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
- hatemonger
- one who arouses hatred for others
- head, chief, top dog
- a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"
- headliner, star
- a performer who receives prominent billing
- headman, tribal chief, chieftain
- the head of a tribe or clan
- headmaster, schoolmaster, master
- presiding officer of a school
- headmistress
- a woman headmaster
- hearing examiner, hearing officer
- an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers
- heir, inheritor, heritor
- a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
- heir apparent
- an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor
- heir-at-law
- the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate
- heiress, inheritress, inheritrix
- a female heir
- heir presumptive
- a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative
- highbinder
- a corrupt politician
- high commissioner
- a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank
- hockey coach
- a coach of hockey players
- hockey player
- an athlete who plays hockey
- holder
- the person who is in possession of a note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him
- holdout
- a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms; "their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks"
- holdover, hangover
- an official who remains in office after his term
- homemaker
- someone (especially a housewife) who manages a household
- honor guard, guard of honor
- an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral
- hosteller
- a traveler who lodges in hostels: "a youth hosteller"
- host
- a 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
- hostess
- a woman host
- hostage, surety
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- housefather
- a man in charge of children in an institution
- house guest, houseguest
- a guest entertained in your house
- house husband
- a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
- housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house, housekeeper
- a wife who keeps house while her husband earns the family income
- husband, hubby, married man
- a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
- ex-husband, ex
- a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
- iconoclast, image breaker
- someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions
- imam, imaum
- (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque
- immigrant
- a person who comes to country where they were not born in order to settle there
- Indian chief
- the leader of a group of native Americans
- Indian giver
- one who ask you to return the present he has given you
- inferior
- one of lesser rank or station or quality
- infiltrator
- an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent
- infiltrator
- someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage
- informant, source
- a person who supplies information
- initiate, learned person, pundit, savant
- someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
- in-law, relative-in-law
- a relative by marriage
- insider
- an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations
- instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
- someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
- instrument, pawn, cat's-paw
- a person used by another to gain an end
- insurgent, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel
- a person who takes part in a rebellion in the hope of improving conditions
- interlocutor, conversational partner
- a person who takes part in a conversation
- interlocutor, middleman
- the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
- internee
- a person who is interned; "the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists"
- internuncio
- (Roman Catholic) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
- intruder, interloper, trespasser
- someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
- invader, encroacher
- someone who enters by force in order to conquer
- invigilator
- (British) someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
- jilt
- a woman who jilts a lover
- job candidate
- an applicant who is being considered for a job
- junior
- a third-year undergraduate
- juror, juryman, jurywoman
- someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
- keeper
- someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"
- kibbutznik
- a member of a kibbutz
- killer bee
- an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover
- king, world-beater
- a competitor who holds a preeminent position
- kingpin, top banana, bigwig
- the most important person in a group or undertaking
- relative, relation
- a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
- knight
- originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
- knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelor
- a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
- knight banneret, knight of the square flag, banneret
- a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
- knight-errant
- a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure
- know-it-all, know-all
- (informal) someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
- Kshatriya
- a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste
- labor leader
- a leader of a labor movement
- lady, noblewoman, peeress
- a woman of aristocratic family
- lady-in-waiting
- a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
- laird
- (Scotland) a landowner
- lame duck
- an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
- lancer
- (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
- landgrave
- a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
- landowner, landholder, property owner
- a holder or proprietor of land
- lawgiver, lawmaker
- a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
- law student
- a student in law school
- layman, layperson
- someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
- lay reader
- a layman authorized to read sermons
- leading lady
- actress who plays the leading female role
- leading man
- actor who plays the leading male role
- learner, scholar
- someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher)
- leaseholder, lessee
- a tenant who holds a lease
- legal representative
- a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)
- legate, official emissary
- a member of a legation
- leper
- a pariah who is avoided by others
- lesbian, gay woman
- a female homosexual
- liberator
- someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
- libertine, debauchee, dissolute person
- a person (usually a man) who is morally unrestrained
- licentiate
- holds a license (degree) from a (European) university
- life peer
- a British peer whose title lapses at death
- lifer
- a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment
- lineman
- one of the players on the line of scrimmage
- lineman
- the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
- liquidator, receiver
- a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
- litigant, litigator
- a party to a lawsuit
- little leaguer
- a player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league team
- liver
- someone who lives in a place; "a liver in cities"
- lodger, boarder, roomer
- a tenant in someone's house
- loner, solitudinarian
- a person who avoids the company of others
- lord, noble, nobleman
- a titled peer of the realm
- Lord of Misrule
- a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration
- loser
- a gambler who loses a bet
- loser, also-ran
- a contestant who loses the contest
- loser, failure, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
- a person with a record of failing
- underdog
- one at a disadvantage and expected to lose
- Lothario
- a successful womanizer (after a fictional seducer)
- lounge lizard, lizard
- a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him
- lowerclassman, underclassman
- an undergraduate who is not yet a senior
- loyalist, stalwart
- a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
- luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability
- a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
- machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack, hack
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- magdalen
- a reformed prostitute
- magpie, scavenger, pack rat
- someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
- magus
- a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
- maid, maiden
- an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
- male aristocrat
- a man who is an aristocrat
- man
- (informal) 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"
- man
- a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
- mandarin
- a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
- man of means, rich man, wealthy man
- a man who is wealthy
- marchioness, marquise
- a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
- marchioness
- the wife or widow of a marquis
- margrave
- a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
- marquess
- a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
- marquis, marquess
- nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
- martyr, sufferer
- one who suffers for the sake of principle
- martyr
- one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- master
- directs the work of other
- master
- holds masters degree from academic institution
- master of ceremonies, emcee, host
- a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- matchmaker, marriage broker
- someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
- mate
- informal term (Australian or British) for a friend of the same sex
- mate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
- matriculate
- someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- matron
- a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
- maverick, rebel
- someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
- May queen, queen of the May
- the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival
- medalist, medallist, medal winner
- (golf) the winner at medal play of a golf tournament
- medalist, medallist
- someone who has won a medal
- meddler
- an officious annoying person who interferes with others
- medical student, medico
- a student in medical school
- medium, spiritualist
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums"
- mender, tinker
- someone who is employed to repair broken things
- mentor, wise man
- a wise and trusted guide and advisor
- mesne lord
- a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord
- messenger, courier
- a person who carries a message
- bearer
- a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings"
- messenger boy, errand boy
- a boy who earns money by running errands
- messmate
- an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
- metic
- an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
- metropolitan
- a person who lives in a metropolis
- middlebrow
- (informal) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
- milady
- an English noblewoman
- miles gloriosus
- a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)
- milord
- a term of address for an English lord
- minor leaguer
- a player on a minor-league baseball team
- misanthrope
- someone who dislikes people in general
- missionary
- someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
- missionary, missioner
- someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
- missus, missis
- informal term of address for someone's wife
- mistress
- a woman master who directs the work of others
- mistress, kept woman, fancy woman
- a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
- mod
- (British) a British teenager in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
- model, poser
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos"
- model, role model
- someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"
- hero
- a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
- modeler, modeller
- a person who creates models
- moderator
- someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
- moderator
- someone who presides over a forum or debate
- modernist
- an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
- Mogul, Moghul
- a member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857
- molester
- someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
- moll, gun moll, gangster's moll
- the girl friend of a gangster
- monogamist, monogynist
- someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)
- monologist
- an entertainer who performs along
- monopolist, monopolizer
- someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something
- Monsignor
- (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests
- moocher, cadger, scrounger, sponger
- someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
- mortal enemy
- an enemy who wants to kill you
- mourner, griever, lamenter
- a person who is grieving over someone who has died
- moviegoer, motion-picture fan
- someone who goes to see movies
- muckraker, mudslinger
- one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
- murderer, liquidator
- a criminal who performs unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
- murderess
- a woman murderer
- murder suspect
- someone suspected of committing murder
- muzhik, moujik, mujik, muzjik
- a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
- myrmidon
- a follower who carries out orders without question
- nabob
- a wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient)
- negotiator, negotiant
- someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach an agreement)
- negotiatress, negotiatrix
- a woman negotiator
- neighbor, neighbour
- a person who lives (or is located) near another
- newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, entrant
- any new participant in some activity
- newcomer
- a recent arrival; "he's a newcomer to Boston"
- newlywed, honeymooner
- someone recently married
- next friend
- a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person (in law)
- Nobelist, Nobel Laureate
- winner of a Nobel Prize
- nomad
- a member of a people how have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
- nonachiever
- a student who does not attain the standards expected
- noncandidate
- someone who has announced their noncandidacy; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office
- novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
- someone new to a field or activity
- nuncio
- (Roman Catholic) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
- old boy
- a male ex-pupil of a school
- Olympian, olympian
- an athlete who participates in the Olympic games
- one of the boys
- a man who has been socially accepted into a group of other men; "he quickly became one of the boys"
- operagoer
- a patron of the opera
- opera star, operatic star
- singer of lead role in an opera
- operator
- a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
- opposition, opponent, opposite
- a contestant that you are matched against
- oppressor
- a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
- orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker
- a person who delivers a speech or oration
- ordinand
- a person being ordained
- organizer, arranger
- a person who organizes
- organizer
- someone who enlists workers to join a union
- orphan
- a child who has lost both parents
- outcast, castaway, pariah
- a person who is rejected (from society or home)
- outcaste
- a person belonging to no caste
- outlier
- a person who lives away from his place of work
- outpatient
- a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
- overachiever
- a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated
- overlord, master, lord
- a person who has general authority over others
- overnighter
- a guest who stays overnight
- padrone
- an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.
- page
- a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
- pallbearer, bearer
- one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
- party boss, political boss, boss
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"
- partygoer
- someone who is attending a party; "the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers"
- passenger, rider
- a person traveling in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
- passer, forward passer
- a football player who throws a forward pass
- patriarch, paterfamilias, head of household
- the head of family or tribe
- patrician
- a person of refined upbringing and manners
- patron, attender, frequenter
- a regular customer
- peacekeeper
- someone who keeps peace; "she's the peacekeeper in that family"
- peacekeeper
- a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area
- peer
- (British) a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
- peer of the realm
- (British) a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords
- pendragon
- the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
- penitent
- a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
- pen pal, pen-friend
- a person you come to know by by frequent friendly correspondence
- pentathlete
- an athlete who competes in a pentathlon
- performer, performing artist
- an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
- personality
- a person of considerable prominence; "she is a Hollywood personality"
- persona grata
- a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent
- persona non grata
- a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent
- petit bourgeois
- a member of the lower middle class
- picket
- a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
- pickup
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- pilgrim, palmer
- journeys in foreign lands
- pilgrim
- one who journeys to a sacred place
- pillar, mainstay
- a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"
- pinch hitter
- (baseball or softball) a substitute for the regular batter
- pioneer
- one the first colonists or settler in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"
- pioneer, innovator
- someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
- pipe major
- the chief piper in a band of bagpipes
- pivot, pivot man
- the person in a line around whom the others wheel and maneuver
- placeman, placeseeker
- (British) a disparaging term for an appointee
- plagiarist, literary pirate, pirate
- someone who uses another person's words or ideas is they were his own
- plant
- an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
- playboy, man-about-town, Corinthian
- a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
- player, participant
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- most valuable player, MVP
- the player judged to be the most important to the sport
- playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer
- someone who attends the theater
- playmate, playfellow
- a companion at play
- plebeian, pleb
- one of the common people
- pledge
- someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group
- pledge taker
- a volunteer who records (usually by phone) contributions pledged in a fund drive
- plenipotentiary
- a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
- plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
- someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- plutocrat
- someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
- poacher
- someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another
- point man
- a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol
- point man
- someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise; "he is the president'spoint man on economic issues"
- point woman
- a woman who is the forefront of an important enterprise
- pointsman
- (British) a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic
- political prisoner
- someone who is imprisoned because of their political views
- politician, politico, pol, political leader
- a person active in party politics
- politician
- a leader engaged in civil administration
- politician
- a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways
- polyandrist
- a woman with two or more husbands
- polygamist
- someone who is married to two or more people at the same time
- polygynist
- a man with two or more wives
- poor person, have-not
- a person with few or no possessions
- possible
- an applicant who might be suitable
- probable
- an applicant likely to be chosen
- postulant
- one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order
- pothunter
- someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies
- power, force
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority: "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
- influence
- one having power to influence another: "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the chldren"
- power broker
- a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control; "a power broker who does you a favor will expect you to return it"
- prankster, trickster, hoaxer, practical joker
- someone who plays practical jokes on others
- prebendary
- a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
- predecessor
- one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
- presbyter
- an elder in the Presbyterian Church
- president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson
- the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- presiding officer
- the leader of a group meetin
- prince
- a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- prince consort
- a prince who is the husband of a female sovereign
- Prince of Wales
- the male heir apparent of the British sovereign
- princess
- a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- princess royal
- the eldest daughter of a British sovereign
- principal investigator, PI
- the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project
- prisoner, captive
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
- prisoner of war, POW
- a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
- probationer, parolee
- someone released on probation or on parole
- probationer, student nurse
- a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period
- proctor, monitor
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- proletarian, prole, worker
- a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
- promoter, booster, plugger
- someone who is an active supporter and advocate
- propagator, disseminator
- someone who spreads the news
- prophet, oracle
- an authoritative person who divines the future
- prophetess
- a woman prophet
- prophet, religious leader
- someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
- proposer, mover
- (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
- propositus
- the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action
- proselyte
- a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- protege
- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
- protegee
- a woman protege
- proxy, procurator
- a person authorized to act for another
- psychopomp
- a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp"
- puppy, pup
- an inexperienced young person
- queen, queen regnant, female monarch
- a female sovereign ruler
- queen
- the wife or widow of a king
- queen consort
- the wife of a reigning king
- queen dowager
- the widow of a king
- queen mother
- a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
- queen regent
- a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot
- quitter
- a person who gives up too easily
- raja, rajah
- a Hindu prince or king in India
- ramrod
- a harshly demanding overseer
- rani, ranee
- (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja
- raw recruit
- an inexperienced and untrained recruit
- record-breaker, record-holder
- someone who breaks a record
- recruit, enlistee
- any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
- recruit
- a recently enlisted soldier
- registrant
- a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)
- eremite
- a Christian recluse
- anchorite, hermit
- one retired from society for religious reasons
- remittance man
- an exile living on money sent from home
- renegade, turncoat
- someone who rebels and becomes and outlaw
- repatriate
- a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
- representative
- a person who represents others
- reprobate, miscreant
- a person without moral scruples
- rescuer, recoverer, saver
- someone who saves something from danger or violence
- resident, occupant, occupier
- someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- respecter
- a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative: "X is no respecter of Y"
- respondent
- the defendant (especially in a divorce proceeding who is accused of adultery with the corespondent)
- retreatant
- a participant in a religious retreat
- reveler, reveller, merrymaker
- one who shares in a noisy festival
- drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant
- someone who engages in drinking bouts
- reversioner
- (law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion
- disreputable person
- someone lacking public esteem
- ringer
- a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
- ringleader
- a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- rioter
- someone who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace
- ritualist
- an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms
- rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
- the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
- road hog, roadhog
- a driver who obstructs others
- robbery suspect
- someone suspected of committing robbery
- rocker
- (British) a British teenager in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
- roisterer
- an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
- roommate
- an associate who shares a room with you
- ruler
- a person who rules or commands
- authority
- (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"
- civil authority
- a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
- dynast
- a hereditary ruler
- runner-up, second best
- the competitor who finishes second
- running mate
- a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
- sadhu, saddhu
- (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man
- samurai
- a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy
- sannup
- a married male American Indian
- satellite, planet
- a person who follows or serves another
- savage, barbarian
- a member of an uncivilized people
- savior, saviour, rescuer, deliverer
- a person who rescues you from harm or danger
- scene-stealer
- an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; "babies are natural scene-stealers"
- scholar
- a student who holds a scholarship
- schoolboy
- a boy attending school
- schoolchild, pupil
- a child attending school
- schoolfriend
- a friend who attends the same school
- schoolgirl
- a girl attending school
- Schoolman, medieval Schoolman
- a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism
- schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow
- an acquaintance that you go to school with
- scofflaw
- one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
- scorer
- a player who makes a score in a game or contest
- scoutmaster
- the leader of a troop of Scouts
- scrutineer, canvasser
- (British) someone who takes or counts votes
- sea king
- a Viking pirate chief
- sea scout
- a boy scout enrolled in programs for water activities
- seconder
- someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
- second hand
- an intermediate person; used in the phrase "at second hand"; "he could learn at second hand from books"
- second-in-command
- someone who relieves a commander
- Section Eight
- a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
- section hand
- a laborer assigned to a section gang
- section man
- someone who teaches a section of a large college course
- seducer, ladies' man, lady killer
- a man who takes advantage of women
- seeded player, seed
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- seeker, searcher
- someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth"
- semifinalist
- one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination
- seminarian, seminarist
- a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary)
- senior
- an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
- sensationalist, ballyhoo artist
- someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
- serf, helot, villein
- (medieval Europe) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
- serjeant-at-law, serjeant, sergeant-at-law, sergeant
- an English barrister of the highest rank
- server
- (tennis) the player who serves to start a point
- settler, colonist
- a person who settle in a new colony or moves into new country
- shah
- title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
- sheik, sheikh, Arab chief
- the leader of an Arab village or family
- sheika, sheikha
- the wife of a sheik
- shepherd
- a clergyman who watches over a group of people
- shepherdess
- a woman shepherd
- shipmate
- an associate on the same ship with you
- shopper
- someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
- shop steward, steward
- a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
- Shudra, Sudra
- a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste
- sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck
- a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
- signaler, signaller
- someone who communicates by signals
- signer, signatory
- someone who signs and is bound by a document
- silent partner, sleeping partner
- a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge
- Sinologist
- a student of Chinese history and language and culture
- Sir
- (British) a title used before the name of knight or baronet
- sirdar
- an important person in India
- sire
- a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- sirrah
- formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger
- sister
- a female person who is a fellow member (of a sorority or labor union or other group); "none of her sisters would betray her"
- Sister
- (Roman Catholic) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"
- sister-in-law
- the sister of your spouse
- sixth-former
- (British) a student in the sixth form
- skirmisher
- someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)
- slacker, shirker
- a person who shirks their work or duty
- slave
- a person who is owned by someone
- slave, striver, hard worker
- someone who works as hard as a slave
- slaveholder, slaver
- someone who owns slaves
- smallholder
- (British) a person owning or renting a smallholding
- socialite
- a socially prominent person
- sodomite, sodomist, sod, bugger
- someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
- sojourner
- a temporary resident
- soloist
- a musician who performs a solo
- son-in-law
- the husband of your daughter
- sophomore
- a second-year undergraduate
- soul mate
- someone for whom you have a deep affinity
- sourdough
- a settler or prospector (especially in western US or northwest Canada and Alaska)
- sovereign, crowned head, monarch
- the ruler of a nation
- sparring partner, sparring mate
- a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight
- speaker, talker
- someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech)
- speaker
- the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"
- spectator, witness, viewer, watcher
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
- speculator, plunger
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- speculator
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- spender, disburser, expender
- someone who spends money
- spendthrift, spend-all, spender
- someone who spends money prodigally
- big spender, high roller
- one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment; "the last of the big spenders"
- fungi
- (pun) the one who buys the drinks
- spinster, old maid
- an elderly unmarried woman
- spiv
- (British) a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
- spoiler
- a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
- spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper
- (informal) someone who spoils the pleasure of others
- sport, sportsman, sportswoman
- someone who engages in sports
- sporting man, outdoor man
- someone who enjoys outdoor activities
- sporting man
- someone who leads a merry existence; especially a gambler on the outcome of sporting events
- sports fan, fan
- an enthusiastic devotee of sports
- spouse, partner, married person, mate, consort
- a person's partner in marriage
- squatter
- someone who settles on land without right or title
- squatter, homesteader, nester
- someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to to it
- squire
- (British) an English country landowner
- squire
- young nobleman attendant on a knight
- squire, gallant
- a man who attends or escorts a woman
- stabber
- someone who stabs another person
- stakeholder
- someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner
- stalking-horse
- a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask the true candidate
- standard-bearer
- an outstanding leader of a political movement
- stand-in, substitute, relief, backup, backup man, fill-in
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
- starets
- a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
- starter, dispatcher
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- starter
- a contestant who is in the game at the beginning
- statesman, solon, national leader
- a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
- stepbrother, half-brother
- a son of your stepparent by a former marriage
- stepchild
- a child of your spouse by a former marriage
- stepdaughter
- a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
- stepfather
- the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage
- stepmother
- the wife of your husband by a subsequent marriage
- stepparent
- the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
- stepson
- the son your spouse by a former marriage
- stockholder, shareholder, shareowner
- someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
- stockholder of record
- the stockholder whose name is registered on the books of the corporation as owning the shares at a particular time
- stowaway
- a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
- straggler
- someone who strays or falls behind
- straphanger
- a commuter who uses public transportation
- streaker
- some who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place
- street fighter
- a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods
- street urchin, guttersnipe
- a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
- street arab, gamin, throwaway
- a homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets
- stretcher-bearer, litter-bearer
- one who helps carry a stretcher
- strike leader
- someone who leads a strike
- striker
- an employee on strike against an employer
- striker
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- student, pupil, educatee
- a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
- catechumen, neophyte
- a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist
- stylite
- an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
- subject, case, guinea pig
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
- subordinate, subsidiary, underling
- someone subject to the authority or control of another
- substitute, reserve
- an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out
- successor, heir
- a person who inherits some title or office
- successor, replacement
- a person who follows; "he is President Bush's successor"
- sugar daddy
- a wealthy older man who gives a young person expensive gifts in return for friendship or intimacy
- suitor, wooer
- a man who courts a woman
- sundowner
- (Australia) a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
- sun worshiper
- someone who worships the sun
- superior
- the head of a religious community
- superior, higher-up, superordinate
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
- surrogate, alternate, replacement
- someone who takes the place of another person
- surrogate mother
- a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so; "a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father's semen and carries the fetus to term"
- survivor
- one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors"
- survivor
- one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"
- suspect
- someone who is under suspicion
- sweetheart
- any well-liked individual; "he's a sweetheart"
- sweetheart, sweetie, steady, truelove
- a person loved by another person
- swinger
- a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
- switch-hitter
- slang term for a bisexual person
- sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- sympathizer, well-wisher
- expresses hope that something will be successful
- sympathizer, comforter
- commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
- tablemate, dining companion
- someone you dine with
- tartuffe, tartufe
- a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
- tattletale, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth
- someone who gossips indiscreetly
- taxpayer, ratepayer
- someone who pays taxes
- teetotaler, teetotaller, teetotalist
- a total abstainer
- tenant, renter
- someone who pays rent to use land or a building owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
- tenant
- any occupant who dwells in a place
- tenant
- a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
- terrorist
- a radical who employs terror as a political weapon
- testator, testate
- a person who makes a will
- testatrix
- a female testator
- thane
- a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo Saxon England especially one who gave military serve in exchange for land
- thane
- a feudal lord or baron in Scotland
- third party
- someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction
- thrall
- someone held in bondage
- thurifer
- an acolyte who carries a thurible
- toastmaster
- the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet
- toast mistress
- a woman toastmaster
- toff, nob
- an elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners)
- toller, bell ringer
- a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
- torchbearer
- a leader in a campaign or movement
- Ted, Teddy boy
- (Brit) a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
- tourist, holidaymaker
- someone who travels for pleasure
- townsman, towner
- a resident of a town or city
- townie, towny
- resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
- townsman
- a person from the same town as yourself: "a fellow townsman"
- track star
- a star runner
- trade unionist, unionist, union member
- a worker who belongs to a trade union
- trainbearer
- one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion
- trainee
- someone who is being trained
- trainer
- one who trains other persons or animals
- traitor, treasonist
- someone who betrays his country by committing treason
- traitress
- female traitor
- tramp, hobo, bum
- a disreputable wanderer
- transalpine
- one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
- transfer
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU"
- transient
- one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers"
- transvestite, cross-dresser
- someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
- trend-setter, taste-maker, fashion arbiter
- someone who popularizes a new fashion
- triumvir
- one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome
- truant, hooky player
- one who is absent from school without permission
- trustee, legal guardian
- a person to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
- tub-thumper
- a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker
- turner
- a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
- tutee
- learns from a tutor
- uncle
- a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students"
- undergraduate, undergrad
- a university student who has not yet received a first degree
- unemployed person
- someone who is jobless
- union representative
- a representative for a labor union
- universal agent, general agent
- someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal
- untouchable
- belongs to lowest class in India
- upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche
- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- urban guerrilla
- a guerrilla who fights only in cities and towns
- usurper, supplanter
- one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
- uxor, ux
- (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife
- vacationer, vacationist
- someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work
- vagrant, drifter
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- vagabond
- a person who has no fixed home
- Vaisya
- a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes
- valedictorian, valedictory speaker
- the student with the best grades who delivers the valedictory at graduation
- valentine
- a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?"
- vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory
- a person holding a fief
- vestryman
- a man who is a member of a church vestry
- vestrywoman
- a woman who is a member of a church vestry
- veteran, vet, ex-serviceman
- a person who has served in the armed forces
- veteran, veteran soldier
- a serviceman who has seen considerable active service; "the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
- vicereine
- wife of a viceroy
- Victorian
- a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
- vigilante, vigilance man
- member of a vigilance committee
- villager
- one who has lived in a village most of their life
- villain
- the principle bad character in a work of fiction
- villainess
- a woman villain
- virgin
- a person who has never had sex
- viscount
- a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
- viscountess
- a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right
- viscountess
- a wife or widow of a viscount
- viscount
- (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
- visiting fireman
- an important or distinguished visitor
- visitor, visitant
- someone who visits
- volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary
- a person who freely enlist for military service
- voluptuary, sybarite
- a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
- votary
- a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult: "a votary of Aphrodite"
- votary
- one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service: "monasteries of votaries"
- voter, elector
- a citizen who has a legal right to vote
- vouchee
- (law) a person called into court to defend a title
- voyager
- a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper
- a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
- wagoner, waggoner
- the driver of a wagon
- waif
- a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
- waiter
- a person who waits or awaits
- walk-on
- plays a small part in a dramatic production
- wallflower
- remains on sidelines at social event
- wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- war bride
- bride of a serviceman during wartime
- war criminal
- an offender who violates international law during times of war
- ward
- a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- warrantee
- one to whom a warrant or guarantee is given
- warrior
- someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
- war widow
- a woman whose husband has died in war
- water boy
- supplies drinking water
- wayfarer, journeyer
- goes on a trip
- weekender
- someone who vacations on a weekend
- welcher, welsher
- someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
- welfare case, charity case
- a case for a welfare worker
- wharf rat
- someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses
- whirling dervish
- a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling
- whiteface
- a clown whose face is covered with white make-up
- white slave
- a woman sold into prostitution
- white slaver
- a person who forces women to become prostitutes
- whoremaster, whoremonger
- a pimp who procures whores
- whoremaster, whoremonger, john
- a prostitute's customer
- widow, widow woman
- a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- widower, widowman
- a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
- wife, married woman
- a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
- Mrs
- a form of address for a married woman
- wild man, feral man
- a person who is not socialized
- wingman
- the pilot positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation
- winner
- a gambler who wins a bet
- winner, victor
- the contestant who wins the contest
- wire-puller
- one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
- witch doctor
- someone who is believed to heal through magical powers
- witch-hunter
- someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions
- witness, informant
- someone who sees an event and tells what happened
- witness, attestant
- a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher
- a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
- wolf boy
- a male person assumed to have been raised by wolves
- woman
- (informal) a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"
- womanizer, womaniser, philanderer
- a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
- wonder woman
- a woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time
- woodsman, woodman
- someone who lives in the woods
- workmate
- a fellow worker
- worshiper, worshipper
- admires too much to recognize faults
- wrestler, grappler, matman
- tries to throw opponent to the ground
- write-in candidate
- a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
- yeoman
- in former times was free and cultivated his own land
- yogi
- one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight
- yuppie
- a young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s
- zany
- a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- homelessness
- the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
- vagrancy
- the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
- status, position
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society: "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
- social station, social status, social rank, rank
- position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
- standing
- social or financial or professional status or reputation: "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"
- seniority, senior status, higher status, higher rank
- higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
- bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister
- the status of being born to parents who were not married
- citizenship
- the status of a citizen with rights and duties
- command
- a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
- footing, terms
- status with respect to the relations between people or groups: "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"
- marital status
- the condition of being married or unmarried
- marriage, matrimony, union, wedlock
- state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
- bigamy
- having more than one spouse at a time
- common-law marriage
- a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
- endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage
- marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
- exogamy, intermarriage
- marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
- marriage of convenience
- a marriage for expediency rather than love
- monandry
- having one husband at a time
- monogamy, monogamousness, monogyny
- having one wife at a time
- polyandry
- having more than one husband at a time
- polygamy, polygyny
- having more than one wife at a time
- celibacy
- an unmarried status (as because of religious vows)
- virginity
- the condition or quality of being a virgin
- bachelorhood
- the state of being an unmarried man
- spinsterhood
- the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)
- widowhood
- the state of being a widow who has not remarried
- enslavement, captivity
- the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
- bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom
- the state of being under the control of another person
- servitude
- state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment: "penal servitude"
- peonage
- the condition of a peon
- serfdom, serfhood, vassalage
- the state of a serf
- captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement
- the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
- detention, hold, custody
- a state of confinement (usually for a short time; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police")
- durance
- imprisonment (especially for a long time)
- internment
- confinement during wartime
- A level
- (England) the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level)
- O level
- (England) the basic level of a subject taken in school
- college level
- the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained
- military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating
- rank in a military organization
- flag rank
- the rank of a flag officer
- caste
- social status or position conferred by a system based on class: "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"
- nobility, noblesse
- the state of being of noble birth
- purple
- of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"
- archidiaconate
- office or position of an archdeacon
- baronetcy, barony
- the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
- dukedom
- the dignity or rank or position of a duke
- earldom
- the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess
- kingship
- the dignity or rank or position of a king
- princedom
- the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- viscountcy, viscounty
- the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess
- leadership
- the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"
- place, come in, come out
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
- rank
- take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
- volunteer
- do volunteer work
- preside, chair
- of meetings
- officiate
- act in an official capacity in some ceremony or ritual; "officiate at a wedding"
- represent
- be a delegate for; represent somebody's interest, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority"
- speak for
- be a spokesperson for: "He represents the Government's position"
- stag
- attend a dance or a party without a female companion
- bushwhack
- live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
- buccaneer
- live like a buccaneer
- bachelor, bach
- lead a bachelor's existence
- rusticate
- live in the country and lead a rustic life
- practicing
- actively engaged in a career or way of life; "a practicing physician"; "a practicing Catholic"
- open
- ready for business; "the stores are open"
- closed
- shut down; "the airport is closed because of the weather"; "the many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted"
- dark
- not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays"
- strikebound
- closed or immobilized by a strike; "a strikebound airline"
- resistless, supine, unresisting
- offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
- adaptational
- of or relating to adaptation
- maladaptive
- showing faulty adaptation
- dysfunctional, nonadaptive
- (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; "dysfunctional behavior"
- maladjustive
- poorly adjusted
- attached, committed
- associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
- affianced, bespoken, betrothed, engaged, pledged
- pledged to be married; "the engaged couple"
- intended
- future; betrothed; "his intended bride"
- involved, involved with(p)
- emotionally involved
- unattached, uncommitted
- not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
- unengaged, unpledged, unpromised
- not promised in marriage; "continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis"
- in trouble(a)
- (informal) pregnant out of wedlock
- lower-class, low-class
- occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
- non-U
- (British) not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use
- proletarian
- belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
- propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue-collar
- of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
- upper-lower-class
- occupying the upper part of the lower class
- middle-class
- occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
- bourgeois
- belonging to the middle class
- bourgeois, conservative, materialistic
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
- lower-middle-class
- occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
- upper-middle-class
- occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
- upper-class
- occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
- u
- (chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use
- wellborn
- of good or upper-class lineage; "a rich and wellborn husband"
- leisure(a), leisured
- free from duties or responsibilities; "he writes in his leisure hours"; "life as it ought to be for the leisure classes"- J.J.Chapman; "even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men"- Ida Craven
- bourgeois
- (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
- celibate, continent
- abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
- pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
- in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
- unchaste
- not chaste; "unchaste conduct"
- adjunct, assistant
- of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
- associate(a)
- having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
- buck
- of the lowest rank in a category; "a buck private"
- deputy(a), proxy(a)
- acting as substitute for another
- secondary
- belonging to a lower class or rank
- under(a)
- lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary"
- full-time
- for the entire time appropriate to an activity; "a full-time job"
- regular
- officially full-time; "regular students"
- part-time
- involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity; "part-time employees"; "a part-time job"
- half-time
- involving half the standard or customary time for an activity; "he had two years of half-time training"
- irregular, temporary
- lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"
- ministering, ministrant, attending
- serving attendance on someone; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"
- heterosexual
- sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
- straight
- (informal) not homosexual
- homosexual
- sexually attracted to members of your own sex
- gay, queer, homophile(a)
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- homoerotic
- of or concerning homosexual love
- lesbian, sapphic
- of female homosexuality
- pederastic, paederastic
- of homosexuality between a man and a boy
- transsexual(a)
- overwhelmingly desirous of being, or completely identifying with, the opposite sex
- transvestic, transvestite(a)
- receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex
- tribadistic
- of female homosexual behavior that atempts to simulate heterosexual behavior
- bisexual
- sexually attracted to both sexes
- monogamous
- (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate; "monogamous marriage"; "monogamous for life"
- monandrous
- having only one husband at a time
- monogynous, monogynic
- having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines)
- polygamous
- having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals
- bigamous
- of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first
- polyandrous
- having more than one husband at a time
- polygynous
- having more than one wife at a time
- patrician
- of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire
- plebeian
- of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"
- proletarian, propertyless
- the lowest class of citizens of ancient Rome who had no property
- noble
- of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"
- aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"
- august, grand, lordly
- of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"
- coroneted, highborn, titled
- belonging to the peerage; "the princess and her coroneted companions"; "the titled classes"
- imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
- kingly, kinglike
- having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king; "symbolizing kingly power"; "the murder of his kingly guest"
- monarchal, monarchical
- having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; "monarchical gestures"; "monarchal pomp"
- princely
- having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner"
- queenly, queenlike
- having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"
- royal
- being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal"
- ignoble, ungentle, untitled
- not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"
- extracurricular
- outside the regular duties of your job or profession
- extracurricular
- outside the regular academic curriculum; "sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities"
- visiting, guest(a)
- staying temporarily; "a visiting foreigner"; "guest conductor"
- amateur, recreational, unpaid
- engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary"
- lay
- not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
- fellow(a), brother(a), sister(a)
- being associated as a companion or associate; "fellow traveler"; "brother workers"; "sister ship"
- outcaste, casteless
- (India) not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person"
- avocational
- of or involved in an avocation
- bibliophilic
- of or relating to bibliophiles
- choragic
- pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus
- czarist, czaristic, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist
- of or relating to or characteristic of a czar
- despotic, despotical
- belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
- dictatorial
- of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"
- socioeconomic
- involving social as well as economic factors; "socioeconomic status"
- equestrian
- of or relating to or composed of knights
- imperial
- befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace"
- spousal
- relating to or celebrating marriage; "a fitting symbol of spousal love"
- virginal
- characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses"
- marital, matrimonial, married
- of or relating to the state of marriage; "marital status"; "marital fidelity"; "married bliss"
- poetic
- of or relating to poets; "poetic insight"
- autodidactic
- relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact
- servile
- pertaining to or involving slaves; "the servile wars of Sicily"
- veteran
- relating to or characteristic of or available to a veteran or veterans; "veteran benefits"