son of man
noun phrase
1
: a human being
2
often capitalized S : God's messiah destined to preside over the final judgment of humankind
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
son of man
phrase
as in man
a member of the human race They couldn't believe this son of man survived so long in the desert. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- man
- person
- guy
- life
- creature
- thing
- individual
- human
- bird
- baby
- character
- soul
- specimen
- fish
- customer
- body
- party
- human being
- mortal
- brother
- duck
- personality
- scout
- wight
- devil
- cookie
- sort
- egg
- face
- stiff
- bod
- personage
- fellow
- being
- homo
- slob
- neighbor
- somebody
- cooky
- head
- hominid
- self
- celebrity
- humanoid
- fellowman
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- animal
- beast
- brute
- critter
- beastie