Boy and Mate

Boy

Boy noun - A male person who has not yet reached adulthood.

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Mate and boy are semantically related in friend topic. In some cases you can use "Mate" instead a noun "Boy".

Nearby Words: boyish, boyhood, boyishness

Mate noun - Either of a pair matched in one or more qualities.

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Boy and mate are semantically related in friend topic. Sometimes you can use "Boy" instead a noun "Mate".

Nearby Words: mated, mating, matey

human	human boy	human mate
old	old boy	old mate
good	good boy	good mate
stable	stable boy	stable mate
Other adjectives: original, dead, single, poor, popular, bad, black, young, attractive, new, former.

Brand grew up a moody boy who hardly played with other kids, as his childhood mate Einar points out to him.

Source: Theatre / Brand
As the two embark on their honeymoon - a cruise up the river - along with a cabin boy and the strange old second mate Pere Jules (Michel Simon), Juliette gets progressively more bored.

Source: Film / L'Atalante
But if I had said 'Hello my cheeky cock sparrow mate old boy by crikey,' what vould you have said zen, eh?

Source: Vampire Vords

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