frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

is in your hands. 2 administration, executive(s), bosses,
directors, board (of directors), directorate, Colloq (top)
brass: The management believes that you are the right person
for the job.
manager n. supervisor, superintendent, director, executive, head,
proprietor, overseer, foreman, forewoman, administrator, Chiefly
Brit manageress , US straw boss, Colloq boss, chief: The
position of manager entails a lot of responsibility.
mandatory adj. compulsory, obligatory, requisite, required; essential,
commanded, demanded, necessary, needed: The wearing of safety
belts in cars is mandatory.
mangle v. destroy, mutilate, butcher, deform, disfigure, spoil, mar,
ruin, wreck; cut, hack, lacerate, chop (up), crush, damage,
cripple, maim: Don't you hate the way they mangle the English
language? His hand was badly mangled in the accident.
mangy adj. scruffy, dirty, sleazy, wretched, miserable, repulsive,
sorry, squalid, slovenly, unkempt, filthy, dingy, seedy, poor,
shabby, mean, low, ignominious, base, abject, odious,
disreputable, moth-eaten, contemptible, despicable, nasty,
scurvy: The mangy beggar turned out to be our agent in
Calcutta.
manhandle v. maul, paw, rough up, batter, beat (up), pummel, abuse,
mistreat, maltreat, ill-treat, trounce, belabour, Slang knock
about or around, clobber: His captors manhandled him into a car
and drove off.
man-hater n. misanthrope, misanthropist: He says he prefers to live
alone because he's a man-hater.
manhood n. 1 masculinity, manliness, manfulness, virility, Colloq
machismo: He felt that looking after the children at home
somehow compromised his manhood. 2 bravery, pluck, boldness,
determination, resolution, fortitude, grit, spirit, force, US
intestinal fortitude, Colloq guts: He joined the army to test
his manhood.
mania n. 1 rage, craze, passion, obsession, compulsion, urge,
fascination, preoccupation, furore or US furor, yearning,