Synonyms for boy
boy

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!

   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. Mario Gonzalez:

   What I need now is support, because I have a boy and a girl, they took the most valuable thing I have in my life.

2. Michele Yulo:

   Marketers basically decide what is 'girl' and what is 'boy,' which ultimately leads to two very distinct ways to profit as well as a blind acceptance from the consumer who, often, doesn't realize it's happening, girls are inundated from a very young age with inappropriate messaging by way of products like 'skinny' jeans for toddlers, or T-shirts that say, 'I'm too pretty to do homework, so my brother does it for me,' and sexy Halloween costumes. Kids begin to codify other kids by placing them in strict categories that they've been taught -- not born with. Inevitably, kids begin to believe that girls need to be sexy, and boys believe it, too.

3. Donald Trump:

   The RNC has not been supportive. They were always supportive when I was a contributor. I was their fair-haired boy, the RNC has been, I think, very foolish.

4. Gina Stipo:

   Where’s the respect for ingredients and the people you’re feeding ? It’s all about the bad-boy image, and they see it on Food Network … it’s about being outrageous.

5. Eugene Fidell:

   We need to have a substantive conversation with him, he is the birthday boy here, and it’s important that we get an opportunity to talk to him.