boy

Meaning of boy

noun
  1. A young male.
    Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
  2. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.
  3. (diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
  4. A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
  5. (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:
  6. Any non-white male, regardless of age.
  7. A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.
    Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
  8. A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
  9. Heroin.
  10. (somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).
verb
  1. To use the word “boy” to refer to someone.
    Don't boy me!
  2. To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).
interjection
  1. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
    Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!

Information about boy

Hyphenation of boy

boy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • boy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

boy synonyms

Meaning son:

son

Meaning :

chap, guy, lad, mate, brat, knave, squirt, manservant

Translation of boy

Anagrams of boy

Oby, yob

Words that rhyme with boy

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