Meanings
adjectiveman-to-man (not comparable)
- not comparabledirect, forthright, and honest
- not comparablehobbiesone-on-one
adverbman-to-man (not comparable)
- not comparabledirectly, forthrightly, and honestly
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveforthright and honest
Similar
adjectivebeing a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish suora, suoraan
- suoradirect, forthright, and honest
- suoraandirect, forthright, and honest
French d'homme à homme, d'homme à homme
- d'homme à hommedirect, forthright, and honest
- d'homme à hommedirect, forthright, and honest
German von Mann zu Mann, von Mann zu Mann
- von Mann zu Manndirect, forthright, and honest
- von Mann zu Manndirect, forthright, and honest
Italian da uomo a uomo, da uomo a uomo
- da uomo a uomodirect, forthright, and honest
- da uomo a uomodirect, forthright, and honest
Polish otwarty, otwarcie
- otwartydirect, forthright, and honest
- otwarciedirect, forthright, and honest
- po męskudirect, forthright, and honest
Portuguese de homem para homem
- de homem para homemdirect, forthright, and honest
Cite this entry
APA
man-to-man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man-to-man
MLA
“man-to-man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man-to-man. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “man-to-man,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man-to-man.
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