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| Main Entry: | boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young man |
| Synonyms: | buck, cadet, chap, child, dude*, fellow, guy, junior, lad, master, punk*, puppy*, runt*, sprout*, squirt*, stripling, youngster, youth, gamin, half-pint, little guy, little shaver, schoolboy, shaver, small fry, sonny, tadpole, whippersnapper |
| Antonyms: | girl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man |
| Synonyms: | bird*, bloke*, boy, brother, bud, buddy, cat*, chap, chum, dude*, fellow, gentleman, individual, male, person, feller |
| Antonyms: | girl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | juvenile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young person |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, boy, child, girl, infant, kid*, minor, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | adult |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young person |
| Synonyms: | baby, boy, child, daughter, girl, infant, juvenile, lad, lass, son, teenager, youngster, youth, bairn, little one, tot |
| Antonyms: | adult |
| Main Entry: | lad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young man |
| Synonyms: | boy, buddy, child, fellow, guy, juvenile, kid*, runt*, son, stripling, youngster, youth, half-pint, schoolboy |
| Antonyms: | man |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | male |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man |
| Synonyms: | boy, brother, father, fellow, gentleman, grandfather, guy, husband, sir, son, Mr., gent, he |
| Antonyms: | female |
| Main Entry: | minor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person under legal age of maturity |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, baby, boy, child, girl, infant, junior, juvenile, lad, teenager, youngster, youth, little one, schoolboy, schoolgirl, underage |
| Antonyms: | adult |
| Main Entry: | youngster/youth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person before the age of maturity |
| Synonyms: | boy, chick*, cub*, fledgling, girl, junior, juvenile, juvenile delinquent*, kid*, lad, lass, pupil, student, teenager, pup, young person |
| Antonyms: | adult |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | youngster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child |
| Synonyms: | boy, chick, cub, fledgling, girl, junior, juvenile, juvenile delinquent, kid, lad, lass, moppet, punk, pupil, puppy, sapling, squirt, student, teenager, urchin, young adult, youth, little guy, little kid, pup, shaver, small fry, snotnose kid, sonny, teenybopper, young person |
| Antonyms: | elder |
| Main Entry: | son |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male child |
| Synonyms: | boy, dependent, descendant, heir, junior*, offspring, scion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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