Antonyms for boyboy

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. boynoun

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

2. boynoun

   A young male human.

   Don't boy me!

   Antonyms:
   girl

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Male
   • Male Offspring
   • Man

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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"

   Antonyms:
   daughter, little girl, girl, female child

   Synonyms:
   son, male child

2. boynoun

   a friendly informal reference to a grown man

   "he likes to play golf with the boys"

   Antonyms:
   girl, female child, little girl, daughter

   Synonyms:
   son, male child

3. son, boynoun

   a male human offspring

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

   Antonyms:
   daughter, female child, girl, little girl

   Synonyms:
   son, male child

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1. boynoun

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

How to use boy in a sentence?

1. Charles M. Schwab:

   The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

2. Donald Trump:

   Thank you, that's very nice coming from you. Say hello to your boy. He's a special guy, your kids have been very nice to him.

3. Max Stern:

   We can not help but think it not coincidental that the decision by Yale University officials to seek expulsion of the captain of Yale University basketball team followed by little more than a month the report of the Association of American Universities( AAU) which was highly critical of the incidence of sexual assault on the Yale University campus, and the Yale University President's promise, in response, to' redouble our efforts,' from what appears, Jack Montague has been pilloried as a' whipping boy' for a campus problem that has galvanized national attention.

4. Robert Benchley:

   A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

5. Lakeisha Holloway:

   Boy, have I come a long ways, i was a scared little girl who knew that there was more to life outside of crime, drug addiction, lower income, alcoholism, being undereducated -- all of which I grew up being familiar with.

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