boy

noun

ˈbȯi How to pronounce boy (audio)
Definition of boynext
1
as in kid
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood a giggling little boy ran by

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2
as in boyfriend
a male romantic companion their teenaged daughter has a new boy, and she's just crazy about him

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boy
  1. kid
  2. boyfriend
  3. teenager
  4. beau
  5. lad
  6. adolescent
  7. toddler
Noun
  • Kody has been criticized by his former wives for not being there for his adult kids Kody Brown is open to mending things with his family.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • These services can range from making charcuterie trays to face-painting; providing character actors for kids parties to bounce houses.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of kid
Noun
  • Meanwhile, up in the stands, Taylor Swift was watching that Fritz-Sinner match with her NFL-star boyfriend Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes, who’d turned up camera-ready in, respectively, Gucci and Prada.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Ai Sakata consultant at Nomura Research Institute While there are no official stats tracking the rental person industry in Japan, the country is home to a slew of rental services for temporary girlfriends, boyfriends, friends and even family.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of boyfriend
Noun
  • Rioux was the Guinness World Record holder for tallest teenager, standing at 7 feet, 5 inches as a 15-year-old.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Finding housing for a couch-surfing teenager is different than finding housing for a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of teenager
Noun
  • Barnes’ snaps of her beau have included a sweet post from September 2023 of the couple in the middle of an embrace, an October 2024 picture posing with Ewers donning his UT Austin gear and on the field with the football star in December 2024.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • In a move that delighted fans, who have long been desperate to catch a glimpse of Fahy and Woodall together, the actor tagged her beau in the post.
    Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of beau
Noun
  • There’s a rousing musical sequence where the Take That lads rampage through the West End and, at the song’s peak, Williams leaps from the top of a double-decker red bus.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • A lot of the new lads signed early, which helped them to bed in.
    Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of lad
Noun
  • The report found that 50 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned female at birth and 25 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned male at birth received hormones.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Adding fluoride to community drinking water is credited with reducing the average number of teeth with cavities by 44% in adults and 58% in adolescents since the 1960s, the health service says.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of adolescent
Noun
  • Sharon Lyles, executive director of the diaper bank, said babies and toddlers left in dirty diapers can develop urinary tract infections and rashes.
    Michael Cuglietta, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Advice for parents of babies and toddlers Joey Kehoe and his 1-year-old daughter Florence barely escaped the fire that destroyed their condo on Palisades Drive.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of toddler
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