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BOY Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word boy. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word boy. (close relations)
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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

Best Hypernyms For BOY

Here is a list of related hypernyms for boy, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (8)
being child human individual male man man-child person
Phrases (4)
adult maleblack manmale offspringmale person

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