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Synonyms for boy

25 synonyms
3 antonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

cat youth lad chap son man-servant bub urchin

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Lad — A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a…

lad, guy informal, youth, chap, cat, bloke, fellow, mate, finger, stripling dated

2. Brat — A young man

brat, squirt, knave dated

Other

son, child, man-servant, bub, urchin, heroin, minor, sony, younker, master dated, yob slang dated, gamin dated

Antonyms

All antonyms of boy →

Definitions

n. 1
A young man.
Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
n. 2
A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.

Related words

Word family: boychild boycock boy-cut boydem boydick boyey boyhood boyish
Phrases: poor boy bad-boy bully boy fuck boy boy pussy mama's boy pretty boy bubble boy disease
Is a kind of: child
Other spellings: boi

Forms

Plural: boys → lads, guys, youths, chaps…

Example sentences

cat While they are away, let's take care of their cat.
youth My nephew was excused on the grounds of his youth.
lad The lad leaned over and shouted into Tom's ear.
chap That young chap is wearing a black scarf.
son You need not have helped my son with his homework.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
boy		rising
cat		rising
youth		steady
lad		rising
chap		rising
son		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: guy¹, son¹, cat¹, lad¹, bub¹, yob
4 letters: mate¹, sony², chap¹, brat¹
5 letters: child¹, youth¹, minor², bloke¹, knave¹, gamin
6 letters: master², fellow², finger², heroin³, squirt¹, urchin²
7 letters: younker²
9 letters: stripling²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sony² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: garçon
Italiano: ragazzo
Deutsch: Junge
Català: noi