Boy

//bɔɪ//

Synonyms for "boy" (171 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Strong matches (51)

Related words (85)

Proper Noun(1 words)
john

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8 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

1 entries

coordinate

3 entries

dbpedia genre

2 entries

derived

478 entries

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distinct from

2 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

7 entries

is a

8 entries

related to

122 entries

Showing 16 of 122 words.

Translations

616 translations across 235 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • awka noun (male child)

Afrikaans

4 entries
  • jong boy noun (male servant)
  • jongman noun (young man)
  • man boy noun (male friend)
  • seun noun (male child)

Albanian

4 entries
  • cull noun (male child)
  • djalë noun (male child)
  • voc noun (male child)
  • çun noun (male child)

Aleut

1 entries
  • hlax noun (male child)

Alutiiq

1 entries
  • nukaɫpiaq noun (male child)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μειράκιον noun (male child)

Arabic

4 entries
  • ياه intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • بزر noun (male child)
  • صبيان noun (young man)
  • صَبِيّ noun (young man)

Armenian

1 entries
  • տղա noun (male child)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • hilj noun (male child)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ল’ৰা noun (male child)

Asturian

2 entries
  • mozu noun (male child)
  • neñu noun (male child)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • oğlan noun (male child)

Bangi

1 entries
  • elenge noun (male child)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • малай noun (male child)

Basque

4 entries
  • beltz noun (non-white male)
  • morroi noun (male servant)
  • motel noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • mutiko noun (male child)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Bua noun (male child)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • хло́пец noun (male child)
  • хло́пчык noun (male child)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ছেলে noun (male child)
  • ছোকরা noun (male child)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • लइका noun (male child)

Bislama

1 entries
  • boe noun (male child)

Bodo (Central Africa)

1 entries
  • ܛܰܠܝܳܐ noun (male child)

Bole

1 entries
  • lawo noun (male child)

Breton

1 entries
  • paotr noun (male child)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • момче́ noun (male child)
  • слуга́ noun (male servant)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ကလေး noun (male child)
  • ချာတိတ် noun (male child)
  • သူငယ် noun (male child)

Cahuilla

1 entries
  • 'eqwashmal noun (male child)

Catalan

4 entries
  • al·lot noun (male child)
  • home noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • minyó noun (male servant)
  • noi noun (male child)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کور noun (male child)

Central Siberian Yupik

1 entries
  • nukaɫpegaq noun (male child)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • ĉalí noun (male child)

Chadian Arabic

2 entries
  • ولد noun (male child)
  • وليد noun (male child)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • meploneye noun (male child)

Chechen

1 entries
  • кӏант noun (male child)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏧᏣ noun (male child)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • mnyamata noun (male child)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • chipota nakni' noun (male child)

Chinese

4 entries
  • щёхуәзы noun (male child)
  • щёхуәр noun (male child)
  • эрвазы noun (male child)
  • 丈夫囡仔 noun (male child)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 男仔 noun (male child)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 哇! intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • 小伙子 noun (male child)
  • 少年 noun (male child)
  • 男僕 /男仆 noun (male servant)

Church Slavic

3 entries
  • дѣтищъ noun (male child)
  • отрокъ noun (male child)
  • паробъкъ noun (male child)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ача noun (male child)

Cornish

1 entries
  • maw noun (male child)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • oğlan noun (male child)

Czech

4 entries
  • chlapec noun (male child)
  • chlapec noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • chlapec noun (male friend)
  • hoch noun (male child)

Danish

4 entries
  • mand! intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • dreng noun (male child)
  • dreng noun (young man)
  • dreng noun (male friend)

Dari

2 entries
  • بَچَه noun (male child)
  • بَچَّه noun (male child)

Darkinjung

1 entries
  • wungara noun (male child)

Dogrib

1 entries
  • dǫzhìa noun (male child)

Dolgan

1 entries
  • уол noun (male child)

Dutch

4 entries
  • amai intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • jongens intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • tsjongejonge intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • zo! intj (surprise or pleasure)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • рвезе noun (male child)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • M17-D46-A17 noun (male child)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • påyk noun (male child)

Erzya

1 entries
  • цёрыне noun (male child)

Eshtehardi

1 entries
  • فوره noun (male child)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • knabiĉo noun (male child)
  • knabo noun (male child)
  • knabo noun (young man)
  • ulo noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Estonian

1 entries
  • poiss noun (male child)

Evenki

1 entries
  • омолги noun (male child)

Faroese

2 entries
  • drongur noun (male child)
  • piltur noun (male child)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pojat intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • kaveri noun (male friend)
  • poika noun (male child)
  • poika noun (young man)

French

4 entries
  • boy noun (male servant)
  • boy noun (historical: non-white male servant)
  • gars noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • gars noun (male friend)

Friulian

2 entries
  • frut noun (male child)
  • frutat noun (male child)

Galician

4 entries
  • boíno noun (male child)
  • catuxo noun (male child)
  • neno noun (male child)
  • petís noun (male child)

Gallo

1 entries
  • gartz noun (male child)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბიჭი noun (male child)

German

4 entries
  • Junge intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • Junge! intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • Boy noun (male servant)
  • Bube noun (male child)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 noun (male child)

Greek

4 entries
  • αγόρι noun (male child)
  • αγόρι noun (male servant)
  • αγόρι noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • αγόρι noun (affectionate term of address for male dog)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • nukappiaraq noun (male child)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • છોકરો noun (male child)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • (ti)gason noun (male child)
  • (ti)gason noun (young man)

Hausa

2 entries
  • yaro noun (male child)
  • yārṑ noun (male child)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • keiki kāne noun (male child)
  • kāne ʻōpio noun (young man)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בֵּן noun (male child)
  • בָּחוּר noun (young man)
  • יֶלֶד noun (male child)
  • נַעַר noun (young man)

Hindi

2 entries
  • बच्चा noun (male child)
  • लड़का noun (male child)

Hiri Motu

1 entries
  • mero noun (male child)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csávó noun (male child)
  • csávó noun (young man)
  • fekete noun (non-white male)
  • fiú noun (male child)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • drengur noun (male child)
  • negri noun (non-white male)
  • strákur noun (male child)
  • strákur noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Ido

4 entries
  • infantulo noun (male child)
  • puerulo noun (male child)
  • yunulo noun (male child)
  • yunulo noun (young man)

Inari Sami

4 entries
  • kandâ noun (male child)
  • kandâ noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • pärni noun (male child)
  • pärni noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • anak laki-laki noun (male child)
  • anak lelaki noun (male child)
  • cowok noun (young man)
  • laki-laki noun (young man)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • poika noun (male child)
  • poissi noun (male child)

Ingush

1 entries
  • кӏаьнк noun (male child)

Interlingua

3 entries
  • garson noun (male child)
  • puero noun (male child)
  • pupo noun (male child)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • nukatpiraq noun (male child)

Inupiaq

1 entries
  • nugatpiaq noun (male child)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • جَوانَک noun (male child)
  • ریدَک noun (male servant)
  • نُوْکَر noun (male servant)
  • پُس noun (male child)

Irish

4 entries
  • buachaill noun (male child)
  • buachaill noun (young man)
  • buachaill noun (male servant)
  • buachaill noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Isoko

1 entries
  • ọmọzaị noun (male child)

Italian

4 entries
  • bambino noun (male child)
  • maschietto noun (male child)
  • maschietto noun (young man)
  • maschio noun (male child)

Jamaican Creole

2 entries
  • bwai noun (male child)
  • bwoi noun (male child)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ボーイ noun (male servant)
  • 坊や noun (male child)
  • 坊や noun (young man)
  • 少年 noun (male child)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 남ᄌᆞ아이 noun (male child)

Jingpho

1 entries
  • la kasha noun (male child)

Kabyle

4 entries
  • abɣur noun (male child)
  • agrud noun (male child)
  • ameččuk noun (male child)
  • aqcic noun (male child)

Kaitag

2 entries
  • урши́ noun (male child)
  • урши́ noun (son of any age)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • көвүн noun (male child)

Kamta

1 entries
  • চেংৰা noun (male child)

Kaqchikel

1 entries
  • ak’wal noun (male child)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бала noun (male child)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ក្មេងប្រុស noun (male child)

Khowar

1 entries
  • ڈَق noun (male child)

Korean

4 entries
  • 꼬마 noun (male child)
  • 꼬마 noun (young man)
  • 남자아이 noun (male child)
  • 남자아이 noun (young man)

Krio

1 entries
  • bobo noun (male child)

Kutenai

1 entries
  • niȼtahaⱡ noun (male child)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • бала noun (male child)

Lao

4 entries
  • ທາລົກ noun (male child)
  • ບ່າວໃຊ້ noun (male servant)
  • ເດັກຜູ້ຊາຍ noun (male child)
  • ໂບຍ noun (male servant)

Latin

4 entries
  • amīcus noun (male friend)
  • fīlius noun (son of any age)
  • puer noun (male child)
  • puer noun (male servant)

Latvian

4 entries
  • puika noun (male child)
  • puika noun (male child)
  • puisis noun (male child)
  • puisis noun (male servant)

Laz

2 entries
  • biç̌i noun (male child)
  • ბიჭი noun (male child)

Lembena

1 entries
  • ome noun (male child)

Lepcha

2 entries
  • ᰊᰃᰥᰧᰀᰪᰱ noun (male child)
  • ᰣᰩᰵ noun (male child)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • jóng noun (male child)

Lingala

1 entries
  • elenge noun (male child)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • berniukas noun (male child)
  • gerutis noun (affectionate term of address for male dog)
  • šuo noun (affectionate term of address for male dog)

Lombard

2 entries
  • bagai noun (male child)
  • tos noun (male child)

Lorrain

2 entries
  • drole noun (male child)
  • gachon noun (male child)

Louisiana Creole

4 entries
  • gason noun (male child)
  • gaçon noun (male child)
  • jènn boug noun (male child)
  • ti boug noun (male child)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • gólc noun (male child)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Bouf noun (male child)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • момче noun (male child)

Malay

2 entries
  • budak lelaki noun (male child)
  • lelaki noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ആൺകുട്ടി noun (male child)

Maltese

2 entries
  • sabi noun (male child)
  • tifel noun (male child)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡥᠠᡥᠠ ᠵᡠᡳ noun (male child)

Manx

4 entries
  • boie noun (male child)
  • guilley noun (male child)
  • myrneen noun (male child)
  • scollag noun (male child)

Marathi

4 entries
  • पुत्र noun (son of any age)
  • पोरगा noun (male child)
  • मुलगा noun (male child)
  • मुलगा noun (son of any age)

Maricopa

1 entries
  • mhay noun (male child)

Mazanderani

1 entries
  • ریکا noun (male child)

Middle Breton

1 entries
  • poltr noun (male child)

Middle English

1 entries
  • knave noun (male child)

Mohawk

1 entries
  • raksà꞉ʼa noun (male child)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • хүү noun (male child)
  • хөвгүүн noun (male child)
  • хөвүүн noun (male child)
  • ᠬᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ noun (male child)

Motu

1 entries
  • mero noun (male child)

Myene

1 entries
  • onghwan'onome noun (male child)

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • pua noun (male child)

Māori

3 entries
  • taitama noun (young man)
  • tama noun (male child)
  • tamaiti tāne noun (male child)

Naga Pidgin

2 entries
  • chokra noun (male child)
  • mota noun (male child)

Nama

1 entries
  • axab noun (male child)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ashkii noun (male child)

Neapolitan

2 entries
  • compare noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • guaglione noun (male child)

Nepali

1 entries
  • केटा noun (male child)

Nivkh

2 entries
  • азмытьэӻлӈ noun (male child)
  • уткуоӻла noun (male child)

Norman

1 entries
  • garçon noun (male child)

North Frisian

2 entries
  • dring noun (male child)
  • dräng noun (male child)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • kur noun (male child)
  • kurik noun (male child)
  • xort noun (male child)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • bárdni noun (male child)
  • gánda noun (male child)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • kamerat noun (male friend)
  • kompis noun (male friend)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • gutt noun (male child)
  • gutt noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • neger noun (non-white male)
  • negergutt noun (non-white male)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • gut noun (male child)
  • gut noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • neger noun (non-white male)
  • negergut noun (non-white male)

O'odham

1 entries
  • ceoj noun (male child)

Occitan

4 entries
  • dròlle noun (male child)
  • garç noun (male child)
  • garçon noun (male child)
  • gojardàs noun (male child)

Odia

3 entries
  • ଟୋକା noun (male child)
  • ଟୋକା noun (young man)
  • ଟୋକା noun (male human younger than the speaker)

Old English

1 entries
  • cniht noun (male child)

Old French

1 entries
  • valet noun (male child)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • macc noun (male child)

Old Occitan

2 entries
  • gart noun (male child)
  • guart noun (male child)

Old Prussian

1 entries
  • wāiklis noun (male child)

Old Tupi

1 entries
  • kunumĩ noun (male child)

Old Uyghur

1 entries
  • 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽳𐾁 noun (male child)

Ossetian

2 entries
  • лӕппо noun (male child)
  • лӕппу noun (male child)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • اوشاق noun (male child)
  • اوشاق noun (male servant)
  • اوغل noun (son of any age)
  • اوغلان noun (male child)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • хлапец noun (male child)

Pashto

2 entries
  • هلک noun (male child)
  • ووړکی noun (male child)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Buh noun (male child)

Picard

1 entries
  • garchon noun (male child)

Pijin

1 entries
  • boe noun (male child)

Polish

3 entries
  • chłopak noun (male child)
  • chłopczyk noun (male child)
  • chłopiec noun (male child)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • puxa intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • criado noun (male servant)
  • galera noun (male friend)
  • garoto noun (male child)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਮੁੰਡਾ noun (male child)

Romagnol

2 entries
  • bastêrd (Faenza) noun (male child)
  • burdël noun (male child)

Romani

2 entries
  • raklo noun (male child)
  • ćhavo noun (male child)

Romanian

3 entries
  • băiat noun (male child)
  • băiat noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • fiu noun (male child)

Romansch

3 entries
  • buob noun (male child)
  • giuven noun (male child)
  • mat noun (male child)

Russian

4 entries
  • блин intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • лаке́й noun (male servant)
  • ма́льчик noun (male child)
  • ма́льчик на побегу́шках noun (male servant)

Réunion Creole French

2 entries
  • garson noun (male child)
  • garson noun (young man)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • बटु noun (male child)

Scots

4 entries
  • lad noun (male child)
  • lad noun (young man)
  • lad noun (male servant)
  • lad noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • balach noun (male child)
  • balach noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • balach noun (male friend)
  • balachan noun (male child)

Seraiki

1 entries
  • چُھوہَر noun (male child)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • djèčāk noun (male child)
  • dèčāk noun (male child)
  • дѐча̄к noun (male child)
  • дјѐча̄к noun (male child)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • carusu noun (male child)
  • carusu noun (young man)
  • picciotto noun (male friend)
  • picciottu noun (young man)

Sirenik

1 entries
  • nukeɫpegaẋ noun (male child)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • âˊlǧǧ noun (male child)

Slovak

4 entries
  • chlapče intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • človeče intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • chlapec noun (male child)
  • chlapec noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Slovene

2 entries
  • deček noun (male child)
  • fant noun (male child)

Somali

1 entries
  • inan noun (male child)

Sotho

1 entries
  • moshemane noun (male child)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • уул noun (male child)
  • уул бала noun (male child)

Southern Sami

1 entries
  • baernie noun (male child)

Spanish

4 entries
  • boy or girl?) ¿varón o mujer? noun (male child)
  • boy or girl?) ¿varón o mujer? noun (young man)
  • chaval noun (male child)
  • chaval noun (young man)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • boy noun (male child)

Svan

1 entries
  • ჭყინტ noun (male child)

Swahili

3 entries
  • mvulana intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • kijana noun (young man)
  • mtoto class I noun (male child)

Swedish

4 entries
  • gosse intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • grabb noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • kille noun (male child)
  • kille noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠙꠥꠀ noun (male child)

Tabasaran

1 entries
  • бай noun (male child)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • batang lalaki noun (male child)
  • lalaki noun (young man)

Tajik

2 entries
  • писар noun (male child)
  • писарбача noun (male child)

Talysh

1 entries
  • زوئه noun (male child)

Tamil

4 entries
  • பய்யன் noun (male child)
  • பைதல் noun (male child)
  • பையன் noun (male child)
  • பையல் noun (male child)

Taos

1 entries
  • ə̀wyuʼúna noun (male child)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • aniybu noun (male child)
  • aḥenjir noun (male child)

Telugu

4 entries
  • అబ్బాయి noun (male child)
  • అబ్బాయి noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
  • అబ్బాయిలు noun (male friend)
  • కుర్రవాడు noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Thai

2 entries
  • เด็กชาย noun (male child)
  • เด็กผู้ชาย noun (male child)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • kālyśke noun (male child)
  • śamaśke noun (male child)

Tok Pisin

3 entries
  • olaboi intj (surprise or pleasure)
  • boi noun (male child)
  • boi noun (young man)

Tongan

2 entries
  • tamasi'i noun (male child)
  • tamasi'i noun (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • msepuka noun (male child)

Turkish

1 entries
  • oğlan noun (male child)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • oglan noun (male child)

Tuvan

2 entries
  • оол noun (male child)
  • оол оглу noun (male child)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • пияш noun (male child)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎐𐎓𐎗 noun (male child)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • козачо́к noun (male servant)
  • хло́пець noun (male child)
  • хло́пчик noun (male child)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لَڑْکا noun (male child)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بالا noun (male child)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • bola noun (male child)

Venetan

4 entries
  • butèl noun (male child)
  • bòcia noun (male child)
  • toxato noun (male child)
  • toxo noun (male child)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chàng trai noun (young man)
  • con trai noun (male child)
  • trai noun (male child)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hicil noun (male child)
  • hipul noun (male child)
  • pul noun (male child)

Walloon

2 entries
  • gamén noun (male child)
  • valet noun (male child)

Welsh

2 entries
  • bachgen noun (male child)
  • bechgyn noun (male child)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • jonge noun (male child)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • рвезе noun (male child)

Winnebago

1 entries
  • hocįcį noun (male child)

Yagara

1 entries
  • budgera noun (male child)

Yakut

1 entries
  • уол noun (male child)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ייִנגל noun (male child)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ọmọkùnrin noun (male child)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • xiʼipal noun (male child)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • nukaɫpiaq noun (male child)

Yámana

1 entries
  • yaxaki noun (male child)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • desterma noun (male servant)
  • laj (diq) noun (male child)

Zulu

1 entries
  • umfana noun (male child)

Sample sentences

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This is the boy I think about.

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Now that you are a big boy, you may do as you please.

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You're such a cute boy.

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You are a good boy.

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