member

Primary Meanings of member

1.	n	anything that belongs to a set or class
2.	n	an external body part that projects from the body

Full Definitions of member

n anything that belongs to a set or class

“snakes are members of the class Reptilia”

“members of the opposite sex”

Type of:: component, component part, constituent, moiety, part, portion
something determined in relation to something that includes it

n one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

“only members will be admitted”

“a member of the faculty”

“she was introduced to all the members of his family”

Synonyms:: fellow member

Antonyms:: nonmember
a person who is not a member

Types:: show 34 types...; hide 34 types...; Areopagite
a member of the council of the Areopagus; brother
a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group); cabalist
a member of a cabal; charter member
one of the original members when an organization was founded; commissioner
a member of a commission; committee member
a member of a committee; council member, councillor
a member of a council; Conservative
a member of a Conservative Party; fellow
a member of a learned society; homeboy
a fellow male member of a youth gang; homegirl
a fellow female member of a youth gang; huddler
a member of a huddle; inductee
a person inducted into an organization or social group; joiner
a person who likes to join groups; kibbutznik
a member of a kibbutz; kolkhoznik
a member of a kolkhoz; board member
a member of a governing board; clan member, clansman, clanswoman
a member of a clan; club member
someone who is a member of a club; pledge
someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group; Rosicrucian
a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore; Rosicrucian
a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society; Rotarian
a member of a Rotary Club; sister
a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; sodalist
a member of a sodality; tribesman
someone who lives in a tribe; committeeman
a man who is a member of committee; committeewoman
a woman who is a member of a committee; councilman
a man who is a council member; councilwoman
a woman who is a council member; director
member of a board of directors; Freemason, Mason
a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love; regent, trustee
members of a governing board; Beguine
(Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life

Type of:: associate
a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

n an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations)

“the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association”

“Canada is a member of the United Nations”

Type of:: social unit, unit
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group

n an external body part that projects from the body

Synonyms:: appendage, extremity

Types:: show 27 types...; hide 27 types...; chelicera
either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing; mouthpart
any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding; fang
an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs; chela, claw, nipper, pincer
a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods; parapodium
one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing; fin
organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals; pleopod, swimmeret
one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming; limb
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper; dactyl, digit
a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates; toxicognath
either of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede; hind limb, hindlimb
a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals; forelimb
the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing); flipper
the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming; dorsal fin
unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance; pectoral fin
either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement; pelvic fin, ventral fin
either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate; caudal fin, tail fin
the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates; leg
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle; crus
the leg from the knee to foot; leg
a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion; thigh
the part of the leg between the hip and the knee; arm
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb; cubitus
the arm from the elbow to the fingertips; forearm
the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist; minimus
the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe; finger
any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); toe
one of the digits of the foot

Type of:: external body part
any body part visible externally

n the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)

Synonyms:: penis

Types:: micropenis, microphallus
an abnormally small penis