Boy
Boy noun - A male person who has not yet reached adulthood.
Usage example: a giggling little boy ran by
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Synonyms for Boy
Teenager is a synonym for boy in young person topic. In some cases you can use "Teenager" instead a noun "Boy", when it comes to topics like child, lad.
Teenager
Teenager noun - A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
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Synonyms for Teenager
Boy is a synonym for teenager in adolescent topic. You can use "Boy" instead a noun "Teenager", if it concerns topics such as young person, child.
Nearby Word: teenage
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human boy | human teenager |
| old | old boy | old teenager |
| rich | rich boy | rich teenager |
| nice | nice boy | nice teenager |
| Other adjectives: normal, typical, ordinary, average, naive, poor, popular, gay, black, innocent, young, beautiful, cute, white, shy, angry, random, local, older, orphaned, nerdy, autistic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In the film Incendies, Nawal as a teenager gives birth to a baby boy, and her grandmother puts a tattoo on the child's heel so that Nawal will recognise the boy if she finds him later.
Source: Orphan's Plot Trinket -
Man Child: Captain Marvel often comes across this way, but for a different reason—he's a young boy (or sometimes teenager) named Billy who can transform into an adult superhero.
Source: Comic Book / Shazam - The movie spans from when teen Beverly gives birth to a baby boy named Jason, until Jason grows up to be a teenager himself, played by 28-year-old Adam Garcia.
Source: Dawson Casting / Film
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Teenager and Boy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/boy/teenager
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