boy
A son of any age.
Other meanings
A male human younger than the speaker.
A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
Synonyms
- male child
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "boy//boye" (servant, commoner, knave, boy).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “boy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.