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Another word for boy

boy Synonyms

boy

n.

lad, youth, youngster, young man, schoolboy, stripling, fellow, master, cadet, whippersnapper, son, male child, junior, little gentleman, tad, little guy*, small fry*, puppy*, shaver*; see also child.

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Another word for boy

noun

(Informal)

A grown man referred to familiarly, jokingly, or as a member of one's set or group:

fellow. (Informal) chap. See beings, connect

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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?
"Gid-dap!" cried the boy, and at the word Jim slowly trotted into the courtyard and drew the buggy along the jewelled driveway to the great entrance of the royal palace.

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