Guy and Lad

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Guy noun - An adult male human being.

Usage example: was not the kind of guy she ever thought she'd date

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Lad is a synonym for guy in man topic. In some cases you can use "Lad" instead a noun "Guy", when it comes to topics like chap. popular alternative

Lad noun - An adult male human being.

Usage example: pass me another beer—will you, lad?

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Guy is a synonym for lad in young man topic. You can use "Guy" instead a noun "Lad", if it concerns topics such as boy, chap. popular alternative

Nearby Words: lade, lady

sweet	sweet guy	sweet lad
old	old guy	old lad
pleasant	pleasant guy	pleasant lad
ordinary	ordinary guy	ordinary lad
Other adjectives: short, handsome, dead, poor, responsible, tough, evil, little, attractive, decent, pretty, former, mysterious, random, older, awesome.

Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: The Wakamatsu/Seo couple have this dynamic, as Wakamatsu is a sensitive guy who believes in Shoujo Genre manga while Seo is a brash lad-ette.

Source: Manga / Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
The animated version has another case of good guy with more of a bad-guy sort of scar: Lightning Lad has the scar stopping at his eye and continuing from his eyebrow, ending as a lightning bolt.

Source: Good Scars, Evil Scars
The Wakamatsu/Seo couple has this dynamic, as Wakamatsu is a sensitive guy who believes in Shoujo Genre manga while Seo is a brash lad-ette.

Source: Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy

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