man-to-man

1. 1.

   forthright and honest

   “had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life”

   Similardirect
2. 2.

   being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player

   “one-on-one defense”

   Synonymsone-on-one

   Similarindividual

   sport

1. 1.

   directly

   “we must talk man-to-man”

Questions about man-to-man

What does man-to-man mean?

man-to-man means "forthright and honest". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in man-to-man?

man-to-man has 3 syllables: man--to--man. The stress falls on "man-".

What is another word for man-to-man?

Close synonyms include one-on-one. 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 man-to-man a common word?

man-to-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.