Boy
Boy noun - A male person who has not yet reached adulthood.
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Synonyms for Boy
Man child and boy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Man child" instead a noun "Boy".
Man child
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Similarly, Tony Dinozzo on NCIS, while not a full Man Child, was pretty well stuck in his frat-boy mentality for the first season or so.
Source: Man Child / Live-Action TV
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Man child and Boy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/boy/man_child
Boy & Man child. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/boy/man_child>.
Man child or Boy. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/boy/man_child.
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