Antonyms for member

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mem-ber

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛm bər

Definition of member

Origin : late 13c., "sex organ" (cf. Latin membrum virile, but in English originally of women as well as men), also, "body part or organ" (in plural, "the body"), from Old French membre "part, portion; topic, subject; limb, member of the body; member" (of a group, etc.)," 11c., from Latin membrum "limb, member of the body, part," probably from PIE *mems-ro, from root *mems- "flesh, meat" (cf. Sanskrit mamsam "flesh;" Greek meninx "membrane," meros "thigh" (the "fleshy part"); Gothic mimz "flesh"). In English, sense of "person belonging to a group" is first attested early 14c., from notion of "constituent part of a complex structure." Meaning "one who has been elected to parliament" is from early 15c.

noun part of a group
noun appendage

Example sentences :

The only member of that household I could marry is not suited to my age.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Great credit is also due to the second in command, and to every member of the party.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

He was a member of the Cabinet, but not of the House of Commons.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Miss Hilton, a member of the Overton faculty, would chaperon her.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Fifty years before, on that day, he had been returned to Parliament as member for Newark.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

There was nothing Christlike about her; still she was a member of the Church.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Strada was the only member of the company who interested the audience.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

The young man was sent to college that he might be a member of a gentler caste.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

This farm to which he had devoted his life was taking it from him by a member of its herd.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

This was done, and I was up and dressed before any other member of the family was stirring.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for member

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