English noun: member | |||
1. | member (person) one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization) | ||
Samples | Only members will be admitted. A member of the faculty. She was introduced to all the members of his family. | ||
Synonyms | fellow member | ||
Broader (hypernym) | associate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Areopagite, board member, brother, cabalist, charter member, clan member, clansman, clanswoman, club member, commissioner, committee member, Conservative, council member, councillor, fellow, homeboy, homegirl, huddler, inductee, joiner, kibbutznik, kolkhoznik, pledge, Rosicrucian, Rosicrucian, Rotarian, sister, sodalist, tribesman | ||
Antonyms | nonmember | ||
2. | member anything that belongs to a set or class | ||
Samples | Snakes are members of the class Reptilia. Members of the opposite sex. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | component, component part, constituent, part, portion | ||
3. | member (body) an external body part that projects from the body | ||
Samples | It is important to keep the extremities warm. | ||
Synonyms | appendage, extremity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | external body part | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chela, chelicera, claw, dactyl, digit, fang, fin, limb, mouthpart, nipper, parapodium, pincer, pleopod, swimmeret | ||
4. | member (group) an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations) | ||
Samples | The library was a member of the interlibrary loan association. Canada is a member of the United Nations. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | social unit, unit | ||
5. | member (body) the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) | ||
Synonyms | penis, phallus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | erectile organ | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cock, dick, micropenis, microphallus, pecker, peter, prick, putz, shaft, tool | ||
Part holonym | foreskin, glans penis, prepuce, urethra, vena bulbi penis | ||
Part meronym | family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals, male reproductive system | ||