Synonyms for boy
boy

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1. boynoun

   Synonyms:
   brat, youth, knave, squirt, youngster, lad

2. boynoun

   A young male human.

   Don't boy me!

   Synonyms:
   brat, knave, youth, lad, youngster, squirt

   Antonyms:
   girl

3. boynoun

   A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.

   Whatever else you say about him, the boy can play.

   Synonyms:
   youngster, youth, brat, squirt, knave, lad

4. boynoun

   A male servant.

   When the 'dipenda' (independence movement) in Belgian Congo turned violent, the white colonisators' often materially privileged black domestic boys were mistrusted and often abused as collaborators.

   Synonyms:
   youth, youngster, squirt, lad, knave, brat

5. boynoun

   A non-white slave or labourer; a male African-American of any age.

   Synonyms:
   squirt, lad, youth, youngster, knave, brat

6. boynoun

   A lower-class or disreputable man; a worthless person.

   Synonyms:
   knave, lad, brat, squirt, youngster, youth

7. boynoun

   An adult male, particularly when used by straight women or gay men to refer to someone considered attractive.

   Synonyms:
   squirt, youth, lad, brat, knave, youngster

8. boynoun

   Male (usually adult) friend; mainly used in the plural: boys.

   Synonyms:
   brat, lad, knave, squirt, youngster, youth

9. boynoun

   A proud parent's son, regardless of age.

   That's my boy.

   Synonyms:
   youth, brat, youngster, knave, squirt, lad

10. boynoun

    A caring owner's pet or working animal, regardless of age.

    Here, boys, heel; yes, Bobby, show the puppies how, good boy!

    Synonyms:
    youngster, brat, squirt, knave, youth, lad

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 5 votes

1. male child, boynoun

   a youthful male person

   "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform"

   Synonyms:
   son, male child

   Antonyms:
   daughter, little girl, girl, female child

2. boynoun

   a friendly informal reference to a grown man

   "he likes to play golf with the boys"

   Synonyms:
   son, male child

   Antonyms:
   girl, female child, little girl, daughter

3. son, boynoun

   a male human offspring

   "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is"

   Synonyms:
   son, male child

   Antonyms:
   daughter, female child, girl, little girl

Matched Categories

1. • Male
   • Male Offspring
   • Man

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. a person that is a male

   it is a person who is a male & likes gross stuff!

   the boy was going to eat a worm!

   Submitted by wyatt.jones on February 10, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boynoun

   Synonyms:
   lad, stripling, male child

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boynoun

   Synonyms:
   lad, youngster, stripling, master, youth, son, minor, junior, youngling, cadet, chap, urchin, bub, sprig, callant, younker, hobbledehoy, gamin, gutter-snipe

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "boy":

   kid, waiter, son, lad, guy, garçon, child, dog, buddy, man, chico, laddie, little, barkeep, guys, dude, sons, yarns, ould, small, fella, pal, gholam, boys, barman, mate, ghulam, kiddo, petit

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How to use boy in a sentence?

1. Brian Littrell:

   From 1992 to 2002, we were the biggest band in the world, no one thought it was going to be as big as it was. Then it just stopped. And what do you do when you're a full grown man in a boy band?

2. Andy Sorkin:

   When the then-screenwriter presented what he wrote, the director wasn't pleased, according to Andy Sorkin, who added that Becker wanted the details to be written out. I had n’t written that much at the time, I ’d only written' A Few Good Men.' And I said, ‘ Boy, exactly what do you mean ? ’ And he said, ‘ Look, it’s easy, just go back to your hotel and write what you ’d like to see Nicole Kidman do.

3. Jason Boatman:

   You don’t know how to live life anymore because everything’s just literally changed, everything has literally just changed when your baby boy is not ever coming back.

4. Sayyid Sistani:

   Don't be extreme... don't be treacherous. Don't kill an old man, nor a boy, nor a woman. Don't cut a tree unless Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai have to.

5. Yarrow Halpern:

   There are social expectations for what it means to be a girl, social expectations for what it means to be a boy, if you're conditioned to think that there's only one way to be and it's the right way, and your whole life you're trying to be the right kind of girl or boy, what is that doing to you? How are you limiting yourself?