no man
Not a soul
No man is a literary or emphatic way of saying nobody or no person: No man is an island.
The phrase carries a formal, sometimes biblical or philosophical tone that plain "nobody" lacks.
It appears in fixed expressions like no man's land—territory belonging to no one, especially the contested ground between opposing armies.
Water-bounded land mass
- solitudeState of being alone
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
self-sufficiency · autonomy · independence · alienation · detachment · reclusiveness · separateness · withdrawal
Denial of acceptance
- refusalAct of declining
- negationDenial or cancellation
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- disavowalRejection of connection
renunciation · dismissal · rebuff · veto · prohibition · naysaying · disbelief · skepticism
Impossible to acquire
- unachievableCannot be accomplished
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
unrealizable · utopian · illusory · infeasible · impracticable · unobtainable · inaccessible · unworkable
island
Water-bounded land mass
- solitudeState of being alone
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
loneliness · self-sufficiency · autonomy · independence · alienation · detachment · reclusiveness · separateness · withdrawal · insularity
rejection
Denial of acceptance
- refusalAct of declining
- negationDenial or cancellation
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
disavowal · renunciation · dismissal · rebuff · veto · prohibition · naysaying · disbelief · skepticism · doubt
unattainable
Impossible to acquire
- unachievableCannot be accomplished
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
hopeless · unrealizable · utopian · illusory · infeasible · impracticable · unobtainable · inaccessible · unworkable · unthinkable