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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boy
Noun
  • The nonprofit provides underprivileged kids with a custom birthday cake free of charge.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • However, Goldstein’s distribution team strategically positioned the movie to open ahead of spring break, when plenty of kids have time off from school.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Her niece’s boyfriend, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Miranda, had also died there, of a fentanyl overdose.
    Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Chelsea, of course, met a sad fate along with her much-older boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins) in The White Lotus Season 3 finale a week ago.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the photos, the teenager can be seen smiling with his mom and enjoying time with friends, as well as posing with family in some throwback photos.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Robbins noted that many college students and teenagers were on spring break during the movie’s opening, which also helped some markets.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Cabello wore a dark plaid suit, while her new beau sported a heather gray jacket and trousers with a black scarf.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Chelsea and her older beau, Rick, who so far seem to have a healthy connection in The White Lotus season three.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He was joined for his lads night away by Thomas van Straubenzee, who is one of Princess Charlotte’s godfathers, and Nicholas van Cutsem, who William has known for most of his life (and is one of Prince Louis’ godfathers).
    Simon Perry, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • While Best was too cool, and Charlton too straight, Law was the cheeky and abrasive lad, forever grateful to be on the pitch and giving everything.
    Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nearly 1 in 4 children and adolescents experience these disorders, Fletcher added.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2025
  • From 2017 to 2020, the prevalence of obesity among U.S. children and adolescents was 19.7%, with 14.7 million children aged 2–19 years having obesity, according to the CDC.
    Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For instance, François Boucher’s eighteenth-century paintings of toddlers engaged in the work of scientists, artists, and philosophers previously formed an odd parenthetical downstairs.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Danielle and Richard each had one young child at the time — a toddler and a teen, respectively.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boy. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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