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boys

NOUN

young man

Synonyms

STRONGEST

child fellow guy lad youngster youth

STRONG

buck cadet chap dude gamin half-pint junior master punk puppy runt schoolboy shaver sonny sprout squirt stripling tadpole whippersnapper

WEAK

little guy little shaver small fry

Antonyms

WEAK

girl

Example Sentences

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“They’re rivals on the field, but those are our boys off the field,” Levu said of the Trojans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

He also praised the boys for how they had behaved during the trial.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

I'm proud of the boys for the resilience they showed to keep coming back, and no doubt we'll be back better again next year.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The mother of the motorist who found the children told Portuguese media that one of the boys said they had been blindfolded and told to look for a hidden toy.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

I ask, so deep in my work that for a moment I wonder whether Grover Cleveland is a name of one of the boys that I’d somehow forgotten.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse