boy

Speech parts

1. boy - Noun

2. boy - Adjective

3. boy - Verb

4. boy - Interjection

Meaning

A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Son guy brat lad chap male child jacob ben butler feller jeffersonian buster gee bambino nard

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Antonyms

girl miss countess dominus missy mademoiselle

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Hypernyms

man male man-child male person adult male male offspring

Hyponyms

scout sonny laddie cub junior lad

Phrases with the word

blue-eyed boy boy toy Mummy's boy every good boy deserves fudge Turkana Boy since Adam was an oakum boy

Examples

"What is love?" - a boy was asked. "Yesterday, I gave my jacket to a girl. She put it on, but it was me who felt warm!" - the boy replied. Source: Internet

I do not know what I may appear to the world but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay. Isaac Newton

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I'm beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. English Proverb

What is sport to the boy is the death of the bird. Hindi Proverb

You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy. Rwandan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Boxx boxy boxy muzzle boy acting as a priest's assistant boy adhering to traditional values boy assisting the celebrant