iron man

1. 1.

   a strong man of exceptional physical endurance

   Synonymsironman

   Broaderman

   sport

Questions about iron man

What does iron man mean?

iron man means "a strong man of exceptional physical endurance".

What is another word for iron man?

Close synonyms include ironman. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is iron man a common word?

iron man is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.