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lad
A boy or youth
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  1. A boy or youth
  2. (Informal) A man of any age; a fellow.
  3. (Informal) Any man; fellow
youth
The state or quality of being young, esp. of being vigorous and lively, or immature, impetuous, etc.
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  1. The state or quality of being young, esp. of being vigorous and lively, or immature, impetuous, etc.
  2. The time of life between childhood and maturity:
  3. A young person; esp., a young man
youngster
A young animal.
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  1. A young animal.
  2. A youth
  3. A young person; a child or youth.
young-man
A male lover; a sweetheart.
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  1. A male lover; a sweetheart.
  2. A term of endearment or address for a boy.
  3. Used other than as an idiom: young man.
schoolboy
A boy attending school.
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  1. A boy attending school.
stripling
(Archaic) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
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  1. (Archaic) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
  2. A male adolescent or young adult.
  3. A grown boy; youth passing into manhood
fellow
(Archaic) A man or boy held in low regard.
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  1. (Archaic) A man or boy held in low regard.
  2. A scholar, journalist, etc. who is appointed on a fellowship for a given period of research, teaching, or both
  3. A graduate student appointed to a position granting financial aid and providing for further study.
master
A man who owns a pack of hounds or is the chief officer of a hunt.
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  1. A man who owns a pack of hounds or is the chief officer of a hunt.
  2. Used formerly as a title for a man holding a naval office ranking next below a lieutenant on a warship.
  3. In Scotland, the heir apparent of a viscount or baron
cadet
A student training to be a police officer.
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  1. A student training to be a police officer.
  2. (Historical) A younger son who became a gentleman volunteer in the army to offset his lack of patrimony
  3. A youngest son.
whippersnapper
A person regarded as insignificant and pretentious.
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  1. A person regarded as insignificant and pretentious.
  2. An insignificant, esp. young, person who appears impertinent or presumptuous
son
A son-in-law
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  1. A son-in-law
  2. A man considered as if in a relationship of child to parent:
  3. An adopted son
junior
A person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate.
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  1. A person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate.
  2. A student in the third year of a US high school or college.
  3. A younger person
tad
A small amount; a little bit.
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  1. A small amount; a little bit.
  2. A little child, esp. a boy
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.
small-fry
People or things regarded as unimportant.
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  1. People or things regarded as unimportant.
  2. Children
  3. Young or small fish.
puppy
A young dog; a pup.
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  1. A young dog; a pup.
  2. (Slang) Any person or thing
  3. (Archaic) An insolent, conceited, or silly young man; whelp
shaver
One who shaves.
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  1. One who shaves.
  2. A person who shaves
  3. (Informal) A small child, especially a boy.
fellow
(Chiefly British) An incorporated senior member of certain colleges and universities.
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  1. (Chiefly British) An incorporated senior member of certain colleges and universities.
  2. A member of a learned society
  3. A graduate student who holds a fellowship in a university or college
chap
A chapped place in the skin
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  1. A chapped place in the skin
  2. A sore roughening or splitting of the skin, caused especially by cold or exposure.
  3. (Informal) A man or boy; fellow
Find another word for boy. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for boy, like: lad, youth, youngster, young-man, schoolboy, stripling, fellow, master, cadet, whippersnapper and son.

Sentence Examples

  • I could see a man and a boy some distance away, pitching hay into a horse drawn wagon.

  • You are the sweetest boy in the world.

  • Are you blaming a little boy for what his mother did?

  • You think the boy might not be mine?

  • The boy just turned six.

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