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Synonyms for son

Most common

boy lad

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One's male offspring.

    Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."

Related words

Word family
sonhood sonship
Phrases
my son prodigal son
Is a kind of
child heir kid

Forms

Plural
sons → boys, children, lads, striplings…

Example sentences

  • boy That boy who is speaking English is taller than I.
  • lad The lad leaned over and shouted into Tom's ear.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sonrising
boyrising
ladrising

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

By length

3 letters
boy1, lad1
5 letters
child1
9 letters
stripling2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stripling2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
fils
Italiano
figlio
Español
hijo
Deutsch
Sohn
Català
fill