male child; boy




a youthful male person

"the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform"

Antonym:
  • female child; girl; little girl
  • female child; girl; little girl

Type of:
  • male; male person

Types:
  • altar boy
  • ball boy
  • bat boy
  • cub; lad; laddie; sonny; sonny boy
  • catamite
  • farm boy
  • Fauntleroy; Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • plowboy; ploughboy
  • schoolboy
  • Scout
  • shop boy


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