boy
English Thesaurus
1. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man (noun.person)
hypernym | : | black man, |
definition | : | a man who is Black (noun.person) |
domain usage | : | ethnic slur, |
definition | : | a slur on someone's race or language (noun.communication) |
2. a friendly informal reference to a grown man (noun.person)
hypernym | : | adult male, man, |
definition | : | an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | one of the boys, |
definition | : | a man who has been socially accepted into a group of other men (noun.person) |
3. a youthful male person (noun.person)
hypernym | : | male, male person, |
definition | : | a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | altar boy, |
definition | : | a boy serving as an acolyte (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | ball boy, |
definition | : | a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | bat boy, |
definition | : | (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | catamite, |
definition | : | a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | farm boy, |
definition | : | a boy who has grown up on a farm (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | ploughboy, plowboy, |
definition | : | a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | schoolboy, |
definition | : | a boy attending school (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | scout, |
definition | : | a Boy Scout or Girl Scout (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | shop boy, |
definition | : | a young male shop assistant (noun.person) |
4. a male human offspring (noun.person)
hyponym | : | jnr, jr, junior, |
definition | : | a son who has the same first name as his father (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | esau, |
definition | : | (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage (noun.person) |
5. a youthful male person (noun.person)
derivation | : | boyhood, |
definition | : | the childhood of a boy (noun.time) |
6. a male human offspring (noun.person)
antonym | : | daughter, girl, |
definition | : | a female human offspring (noun.person) |
7. a youthful male person (noun.person)
derivation | : | boyhood, |
definition | : | the childhood of a boy (noun.time) |
8. a male human offspring (noun.person)
antonym | : | daughter, girl, |
definition | : | a female human offspring (noun.person) |
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