Manning

Synonyms for manning
verb make ready with supplies

gear
prepare
supply
provide
set up
qualify
decorate
rig
dress

endow
arm
furnish
adorn
appoint
deck
accouter
stake
outfit

attire
ready
implement
man
array
heel
stock
fix up
turn out

deck out
feather nest
fit out
gear up
line nest
prep

Antonyms for manning

disrobe
take

unclothe
leave plain

Usage Notes

The use of man1 to mean “human being,” both alone and in compounds such as mankind, has met with objection in recent years, and the use is declining. The objection is based on the idea that man is most commonly used as an exclusive, sex-marked noun meaning “male human being.” Critics of the use of man as a generic maintain that it is sometimes ambiguous when the wider sense is intended (Man has built magnificent civilizations in the desert), but more often flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race: The man in the street wants peace, not war. Although some editors and writers reject or disregard these objections to man as a generic, many now choose instead to use such terms as human being(s), human race, humankind, people, or, when called for by style or context, women and men or men and women. See also -man, -person, -woman.