1. A youthful male person
   "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform"; "the baby was a boy";
   - male child
    
2. A male human offspring
   "his boy is taller than he is";
   - son
    
3. A friendly informal reference to a grown man
   "he likes to play golf with the boys"
    
4. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
   "get out of my way, boy"

Sounds like: buoy

Derived forms: boys

Type of: adult male, Black man, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], male, male offspring, male person, man, man-child [archaic], sod [informal]

Antonym: daughter, female child

Encyclopedia: Boy, Goes To Heaven