Boy

Noun

 * 1) A young male human.
 * 2) A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.
 * 3)  A male servant.
 * 4) 🇺🇸 A non-white slave or labourer; a male African-American of any age.
 * 5)  A lower-class or disreputable man; a worthless person.
 * 6) An adult male, particularly when used by straight women or gay men to refer to someone considered attractive.
 * 7)  Male (usually adult) friend; mainly used in the plural: boys.
 * 8)  A proud parent's son, regardless of age.
 * 9)  A caring owner's pet or working animal, regardless of age.

Verb

 * 1) To use the word boy to refer to someone.

Adjectives for Boy
stalwart; remarkable; inexperienced; unequipped; boastful; unruly; dissolute; precocious; clean-cut; nestling; disobedient; thoughtless; reckless; flint-hearted; peevish; starved; shelterless; amorous; military; irrecoverable; stocky; round-faced; apple-cheeked; rollicking; red-haired; conscripted; sundry; dull; jolly; good-natured; laughing; active; fun-loving; handsome; radiant; lively; loving; good-looking; sturdy; absurd; lanky; chubby; honest; mischievous; lubberly; aggrieved; vociferous; barefoot; cool; silent; frantic; disappointed; irresponsible; incorrigible; devoted; taciturn; moody; thoroughbred; errant; waggish; flattering; well-grown; pestiferous; ungrateful; beautiful; fair; musing; ragged; cocksure; grinning; pernicious; lawless; criminal; medalled; sheepish; bold; sanguine; quick; forward; capable; penitent; ruddy; sleeping;rare; rude; sympathetic; leprous; unbridled; unthinking; wayward; budding; white-headed; thin-faced; black-aproned; black-eyed; scornful; lascivious; patient; tender; serviceable; scrubbed; aristocratic; peevish; rascally; vigorous; enamored; swarthy; brilliant; wild; weedy; daring; tiresome; nonsensical; turbaned; sordid; dreamy; wanton; winning; sassy; sportive; insolent; headstrong; ardent; healthy; robust; sedulous; aggressive; chivalrous; paltry; insipid feeble-minded; stolid; clever; pugnacious problem; gloomy; lonely; fragile; timid; impetuous; boisterous; fiery; heavy-hearted.

Thesaurus
lad, laddie, lord-in-waiting, man, manchild, manservant, master, muchacho, ofay, paleface, pup, puppy, pygmy, ragamuffin, red man, redskin, schoolboy, slant-eye, small fry, son, sonny, sonny boy, spade, street arab, stripling, tad, the Man, urchin, valet, valet de chambre, whelp, whippersnapper, white, white man, whitey, yellow man, young man, youth, American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, bloke, brown man, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, burrhead, chauffeur, coachman, colored person, colt, coon, cub, darky, driver, equerry, fellow, fledgling, gamin, gardener, gee, gent, gentleman, gillie, goody, gook, guy, he, hobbledehoy, honky, houseboy, houseman, jigaboo, jungle bunny,

Etymology
From boy:, boye:, from Old English *undefined:, from, diminutive of , from. Cognate with boai:,  boi:, and perhaps to Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to Flemish boe:, Norwegian dialectal boa:, Dutch boef:, dialectal Bube:. See also.

Alternative forms

 * boi (Jamaican English)

Descendants

 * Irish: boyo
 * Vietnamese: bồi

Interjection

 * 1) Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
 * "Boy, that was close!"
 * "Boy, that tastes good!"
 * "Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!"

Synonyms

 * brat
 * knave
 * lad
 * squirt
 * youngster
 * youth
 * See also Thesaurus:boy

Derived terms
boyhood; boyish; boyish; boyism; boy oh boy; tomboy; homeboy; bellboy; paperboy;

Antonyms

 * girl

Derived terms
altar boy; attaboy; bagboy; ball boy, ballboy; bat boy; b-boy; bell boy, bellboy; best boy; big boys; blue-eyed boy; boi; boy band; boy-bishop; boy crazy; boyfriend; boy genius; boyhood; boy howdy; boyish; boyism; boykin ; boy oh boy; boy racer; boys and their toys; boy scout; boytjie; boy toy; boys will be boys; boy wonder; bully boy; bum boy; cabin boy; city boy; college boy; copy boy; cowboy; delivery boy; doughboy; farm boy; frat boy; gameboy; golden boy; homeboy; house boy; lawnboy; little boy; lowboy; mama’s boy, mummy’s boy; my boy; nancy boy; newsboy; office boy; oh boy old boy; our boy; page boy, pageboy; paper boy, paperboy; pizza boy, pizzaboy; pool boy; poor boy, po’ boy; poster boy; potboy; pretty boy; rent boy; sailor boy; sea boy; shop boy; sonny boy; stableboy; tallboy; Teddy boy; tomboy; traffic boy; water boy; whipping boy; wide boy; wolf boy; yellow boy, yellow-boy