BOY Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word boy. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BOY
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son | nounn | |||||||
noun • a male human offspring • the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) | ||||||||
brat | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small pork sausage • a very troublesome child | ||||||||
chap | nounn | |||||||
noun • a boy or man • a long narrow depression in a surface • a crack in a lip caused usually by cold • (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs verb • crack due to dehydration | ||||||||
guy | nounn | |||||||
noun • an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day • an informal term for a youth or man • a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) verb • subject to laughter or ridicule • steady or support with a guy wire or cable | ||||||||
knave | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel • one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince | ||||||||
lad | nounn | |||||||
noun • a boy or man • a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | ||||||||
manservant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a man servant | ||||||||
mate | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the officer below the master on a commercial ship • a fellow member of a team • the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) • a person's partner in marriage • an exact duplicate • one of a pair • South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea • informal term for a friend of the same sex • South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate • a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king verb • engage in sexual intercourse • bring two objects, ideas, or people together • place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | ||||||||
squirt | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who is small and insignificant • the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) verb • cause to come out in a squirt • wet with a spurt of liquid | ||||||||
male child | nounn | |||||||
noun • a youthful male person |