Boy and Young adult

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

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Young adult and boy are semantically related. in lad topic. In some cases you can use "Young adult" instead a noun "Boy".

Nearby Words: boyish, boyhood, boyishness

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Boy and young adult are semantically related. You can use "Boy" instead a noun phrase "Young adult".

Younger and Hipper: Wilbur Finletter's nephew Chad was a young adult in Return of the Killer Tomatoes, but he is a pre-teen boy in the animated series.

Source: Film / Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! aka: Return Of The Killer Tomatoes
Adorably Precocious Child: Prince Topaz, though he's more of a young adult than boy.

Source: Comic Book / Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
Bloody Jack is a young adult novel about a London orphan girl who joins the Royal Navy as a ship's boy.

Source: Sweet Polly Oliver

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