Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fireman

4 senses of fireman

Sense 1
fireman -- (play in which children pretend to put out a fire)
       => play, child's play -- (activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child")

Sense 2
stoker, fireman -- (a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship))
       => laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack -- (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

Sense 3
reliever, relief pitcher, fireman -- (a pitcher who does not start the game)
       => pitcher, hurler, twirler -- ((baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm")

Sense 4
fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater -- (a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires)
       => defender, guardian, protector, shielder -- (a person who cares for persons or property)