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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1. Mario Lopez:

   Everyones pretty much been cooped up in their home for the last couple of weeks. I think now more than ever since we dont know when this is going to end, we need to stay active, not just for your physical health but for your mental health, that gazelle right there? My boy, Mark, were staying six feet away. This place were at right now we have completely to ourselves. It is sanitized, disinfected, we did a heck of a workout F45 style. Homie brought me the batting gloves. Were good to go.

2. Desiree Bullock:

   Boy's hair may not extend below the eyebrows, below the tops of the ears or below a conventional standup shirt collar, and must not be more than one-inch difference in the length of the hair on the side to the length of the hair on top.

3. Clifford V. Villalon:

   A young boy was asked by an old man, What is your dream?. The boy said, I want to build a country so I can adopt all homeless people from all over the world.

4. Lisa Durden:

   I absolutely LOVE Jesse Eisenberg's parody of the 'bitter boy' movie critic, it was spot on! these lazy movie critics, bastardize movie reviews, because they are wannabe directors, who's dreams fell down the watering hole of failure, due to their lack of tenacity.

5. Steve Brill:

   It'd be fun if I could get him next season and put him on skates, i know he's a California boy, so he probably doesn't skate, but that would be awesome.