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Synonyms of boy

29 similar words · 2 opposite words

Another word for boy is youth. Other synonyms of boy are page and manservant. The opposite of boy is man.

Synonyms and similar words for boy

nounA young man.

nounA son of any age.

nounA non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.

  • chapA man, a fellow.
  • guyA man or boy; a fellow.
  • ladA boy or young man.
  • mate

nounHeroin.

  • heroinA powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of...

nounMale servant.

nounMore synonyms

  • bhoyBoy.
  • boyo UKA boy or lad.
  • callant ScotlandLad, boy.
  • chavA working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in...
  • little boy
  • manling literaryA young man; a boy.
  • pageA serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and...
  • sapling
  • shaveling
  • sonnyA familiar form of address for a boy.
  • younker
  • youthA young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
  • boykin informal, rareA little boy.
  • feely-omi datedA young male; a boy.
  • man child archaicA young male human; a boy.
  • pillicock obsoleteA boy or man.
  • springald archaic, rare
  • stripling archaicA young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .
  • yob obsolete, slangA boy.

Opposite of boy

nounMore antonyms

Meaning of boy

  1. noun A male child.
  2. noun A young man.
  3. noun A son of any age.

Full definition of boy

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Questions about synonyms of boy

What is another word for boy?
Boy has 29 synonyms on Word.ws, such as youth, page and manservant.
What is the opposite of boy?
The opposite of boy is man. Other antonyms of boy are girl.
What does boy mean?
Boy means a male child.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boy (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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