homeboy

Speech parts

1. homeboy - Noun

2. homeboy - Pronoun

Meaning

a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown

a fellow male member of a youth gang

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

china sis comrade pal buddy chum brother friend sister familiar associate ally companion mate intimate
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Antonyms

bandit challenger nemesis competition enemy opposition
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Hypernyms

member friend acquaintance fellow member

Related terms

holmes homegirl homey homie

Examples

Meghan first met Father Boyle 20 years ago at a Homeboy Industry cooking workshop where she and her mother Doria made tamales. Source: Internet

Both programs focus on mentoring and while Homeboy Industries only targets those who were previously incarcerated, the Belize Youth Apprenticeship Programme centers on the at-risk youth before they become affected. Source: Internet

Many of Proyecto's original "founding women," notes its website, are the same women who buoyed Boyle in the early days of Homeboy. Source: Internet

I bet homeboy is gagging now and has gagged every day since Oprah became Midas in black-woman form. Source: Internet

If you is my homeboy, I get to interview you, so just say yeah, like Shawn Marion and Dwayne Wade, who is the basketball star of the Miami Heat. Source: Internet

I asked Drew Harwell, edible garden manager, consultant and our own homeboy who teaches at Common Ground (Palo Alto organic garden store). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

homeboi homeborn homebound homebreaker homebreaking homebred