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| NOUN | 1 | boy, male child | A youthful male person |
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| 2 | boy | A friendly informal reference to a grown man | |
| 3 | boy, son | A male human offspring | |
| 4 | boy | (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man |
| Sounds | boy' |
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| Rhymes | busboy, carboy, cowboy, and 6 more rhymes in boy... |
| Meaning | A youthful male person. |
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| Examples | "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform" |
| Synonyms | male child |
| Contrary | female child, girl, little girl |
| Broader | male, male person |
| Narrower | altar boy; ball boy; bat boy; cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy; catamite; farm boy; Fauntleroy, Little Lord Fauntleroy; plowboy, ploughboy; schoolboy; Scout; shop boy |
| Nouns | boyhood |
| Meaning | A friendly informal reference to a grown man. |
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| Examples | "he likes to play golf with the boys" |
| Broader | man, adult male |
| Narrower | broth of a boy, broth of a man; one of the boys |
| Meaning | A male human offspring. |
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| Examples | "his boy is taller than he is" |
| Synonyms | son |
| Contrary | daughter, girl |
| Broader | male offspring, man-child |
| Narrower | Junior, Jr, Jnr; mother's boy, mamma's boy, mama's boy |
| Instances | Esau |
| Meaning | (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man. |
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| Examples | "get out of my way, boy" |
| Broader | Black man |
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