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. Holly Turner:

   We were supposed see Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out boy at Dodger Stadium tonight but that got postponed, but this works, it's what we need -- live music.

2. Jodi Parker:

   This whole thing is a miracle. There's no other way to describe it, there's no way that little boy could have done that. I just felt that it was a responsibility we now have to tell people that miracles still exist.

3. Valentin Lopez:

   We were raised not to say anything bad about the Catholic religion, but at the same time, we can't stay quiet about this. It's like the altar boy scandal. All the people who stayed quiet about the altar boy scandal, how do they feel now? it seems like the church is doing all it can to separate Serra from the atrocities and deaths and what happened to the Indians, but that does not work.

4. 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.

5. Felix Sater:

   I know how to play it and we will get this done. Buddy our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it. I will get all of Putin's team to buy in on this.

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