Son

Noun

 * 1) A male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.
 * The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son, not a daughter."
 * 1) A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents.
 * 2) A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
 * 3) A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
 * He was a son of the mafia system.
 * 1) A male descendant.
 * The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.
 * 1) A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
 * Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl? &mdash; Bruce Springsteen, "Working on the Highway"

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:son

Antonyms

 * daughter
 * father, mother, parent

Hypernyms

 * child

Derived terms

 * bachelor's on
 * favorite son/favourite son
 * grandfather-father-son
 * grandson
 * like father, like son
 * mother's son
 * prodigal son


 * son-in-law
 * son of a bitch
 * son of a gun
 * son of a whore
 * son of privilege
 * son of the manse
 * stepson
 * whoreson

Adjectives for Son
giddy; mutilated; slow-minded; intended; scapegrace; accursed; hardy; illegitimate; reckless; instinctive; lawful; patriotic; enigmatic; murdered; hapless; prodigal; equivocal; misunderstood; degenerate; virtuous; astonished; blooming; surviving; indolent; observant; unkempt; gallant; ransomed; poor; illustrious; dutiful; purblind; film-loving; admirable; accursed; docile; stalwart; valiant;  obedient;  accomplished; wayward; humbled; tortured; first-born; enchanting; ungracious; goodly; brisk; eldest; handsome; patriotic; elegant; amiable; free-hearted; insignificant; mercenary; unappreciated; rude; energetic; exiled.

Verbs for Son
alienate—; bear—; beget—; castigate—;chastise—; conceive—; crave—; discipline —; disinherit—; disown—; endear to—; expel—; guide—; hunger for—; Inculcate in —; ingrain in—; instill in—; pamper—; renounce—; yearn for—; —assumes; —begets; —cherishes; —inherits; —relinquishes; —toddles.

Thesaurus
aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, child, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, daughter, descendant, father, first cousin, foster brother, foster child, frater, grandchild, granddaughter, grandnephew, grandniece, grandson, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, heiress, junior, kid brother, lad, laddie, mother, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, offspring, scion, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son and heir, sonny, stepbrother, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepsister, stepson, stripling, tad, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother

Etymology
, from sunu:, from  (compare West Frisian soan:, Dutch zoon:, German Sohn:), from  (compare Tocharian B soṃśke:, Lithuanian sūnùs:, Russian сын:, Avestan hūnuš, Sanskrit sūnú), from  'to give birth' (compare Old Irish suth: 'offspring', Tocharian A/B se/soyä ‘son’, Ancient Greek υἱύς:, υἱός: ‘id.’, Armenian ustr: 'id.', Avestan hu- 'to bear, beget', Sanskrit sūte 'she bears, he begets').

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܒܪܐ (brā’)
 * Armenian:, , ,
 * Aromanian:
 * Avestan:
 * Basque: seme
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: သား
 * Catalan: fill
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Min Nan:
 * Chiricahua: -ghe’, -zhaa (Chiricahua); -ye’ (Mescalero)
 * Cornish:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Eshtehardi:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: viŋutsu
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: შვილი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient:
 * Modern: ,
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hebrew: ברא (brā’)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: putera
 * Inuktitut: ᐃᕐᓂᖅ (irniq)
 * Irish:
 * Istro-Romanian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Japanese: ,


 * Jicarilla: -yi’įį
 * Kazakh: ұл
 * Korean:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:, natus
 * Latvian: dēls
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lojban:
 * Luxembourgish: Sohn, Jong
 * Macedonian: син
 * Middle Persian: ,
 * Mongolian: хүү
 * Navajo: -ghe’ ("man’s son"), -yáázh ("woman’s son")
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Glagolitic:
 * Old Persian:
 * Pali: पुत्त
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: shavo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: ataliʻi
 * Sanskrit:
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Sichuan Yi:
 * Slovak: syn
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: மகன்
 * Taos: ȕ’úna
 * Thai: ลูกชาย
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: son
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Western Apache: -ye’ ("man’s son"), ishkiinhn ("woman’s young son"), -zaa’é, -za’é, -’itł’ádn ("woman’s unmarried son"), -nne’/-nnde’/-nde’ ("woman’s married son")


 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian: posinak
 * Breton: advab
 * Croatian: posinak
 * Czech:
 * Danish: adoptivsøn
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Romani: shavo
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Simplified Chinese:
 * Slovene:, posinovljenec, pastorek
 * Spanish:
 * Tamil: வளர்ப்பு மகன்


 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Lithuanian:
 * Romani: shavo
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:


 * Arabic: (’ibn)
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Lithuanian:
 * Romani: shavo
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: (’ibn)
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܒܪܐ (brā’)
 * Hebrew: ברא (brā’)
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish:
 * Romani: shavo
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: (’ibn)
 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Irish: ,
 * Italian: figliolo
 * Romani: muro shavo
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:


 * : fillo
 * : filo
 * : a'ýra (ta'ýra/ra'y/ita'ýra) (of a man); memby (of a woman)
 * : (1,2)
 * : putra, anak laki-laki
 * : filio
 * : a'ýra (ta'ýra/ra'y/ita'ýra) (of a man); memby (of a woman)
 * : (1,2)
 * : putra, anak laki-laki
 * : filio


 * : filio
 * : (pesar)
 * : కొడుకు (koDuku), కుమారుడు (kumaaruDu)
 * : pikinini man
 * : a'yra (t-, t-) (of a man); membyra (of a woman)
 * : [-ğlu]
 * : కొడుకు (koDuku), కుమారుడు (kumaaruDu)
 * : pikinini man
 * : a'yra (t-, t-) (of a man); membyra (of a woman)
 * : [-ğlu]
 * : [-ğlu]

Anagrams

 * NOS, No.'s, nos

Noun

 * 1) sound

Etymology
sonus:

Noun

 * 1) end, ending

Pronoun

 * 1) Possessive pronoun of the third singular person for a singular male object; his, her.

Noun

 * 1) sleep

Etymology 1
From sum:, from Classical  suum:.

Etymology 2
From somnus:.

Noun

 * 1) Sound.

Derived terms

 * mur du son

Adjective

 * 1)  His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
 * Elle a perdu son chapeau.
 * She lost her hat.
 * Il a perdu son chapeau.
 * He lost his hat.
 * J'aime son amie.
 * I like her/his girlfriend.

Noun

 * 1) bran
 * Ceci est du pain de son.
 * This bread is done with bran.

Etymology 1
sonus:.

Etymology 2
sum:, from Classical suum:

Etymology 3
secundus:. Cognate with Catalan segó:.

Anagrams

 * nos

Noun

 * 1) sound

Related terms

 * sonoro

Pronoun

 * 1) he, she, it

Noun

 * 1) a son
 * Han hadde to søner.
 * He had two sons.

Etymology
From sonr:, sunr:.

Pronoun

 * 1) his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)

Descendants

 * French:

Noun

 * 1) sake, account
 * ''Dèan seo air ar son. - Do this for our sake.

Derived terms

 * airson

Noun

 * 1) A pleasant sound, tone
 * 2) An Afro-Cuban musical form.
 * 3) A musical composition in this form.

Noun

 * 1) sun

Etymology
From zon:.

Noun

 * 1) son; someone's male child

Etymology
From son, sun,  sonr:, from. Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

Antonyms

 * dotter

Related terms

 * barn
 * dotterson
 * sonbarn
 * sonson
 * styvson
 * svärson

Adjective

 * 1) last, final.

Noun

 * 1) end, ending
 * mutlu sonum - my happy ending

Etymology
From soŋ, from.

Noun

 * 1) son