Thesaurus:boy

Thesaurus:boy

THESAURUS

boy

English

Synonyms

• bhoy

• boy

• boykin (rare, informal, affectionate)

• boyo (UK)

• callant (Scotland)

• feely-omi (dated, Polari)

• knave (archaic)

• lad (UK)

• little boy

• man child (archaic)

• manling (literary)

• page

• pillicock (affectionate, obsolete)

• son    [WS] (familiar)

• sonny (familiar)

• stripling (archaic)

• yob (obsolete, backslang)

• younker

• youth

Antonyms

• girl    [WS]

• man    [WS]

Hypernyms

• child    [WS]

• man    [WS]

Further reading

• “boy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “boy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.