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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male child |
| Synonyms: | boy, dependent, descendant, heir, junior, offspring, scion |
| Main Entry: | kid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young person |
| Synonyms: | baby, bairn, boy, child, daughter, girl, infant, juvenile, lad, lass, little one, son, teenager, tot, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | adult |
| Main Entry: | lad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young man |
| Synonyms: | boy, buddy, child, fellow, guy, half-pint, juvenile, kid*, runt, schoolboy, son, stripling, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | man |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | male |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man |
| Synonyms: | Mr., boy, brother, father, fellow, gent, gentleman, grandfather, guy, he, husband, sir, son |
| Antonyms: | female |
| Main Entry: | man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male human |
| Synonyms: | Mr., beau, boyfriend, brother, father, fellow, gentleman, grandfather, guy, he, husband, nephew, papa, sir, son, spouse, swain, uncle |
| Antonyms: | woman |
| Main Entry: | bairn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child |
| Synonyms: | baby, daughter, infant, juvenile, kid, moppet, nipper, son, squirt, toddler, tot, tyke, young child, youngster, youth |
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| Main Entry: | male |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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| Concept: | Man. |
| Category: | 1. Vitality; special vitality |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
man, male, he, him; manhood (adolescence); gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband (married man); Mr., mister; boy (youth)., [Male animal] cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion; gibcat, tomcat; he goat, Billy goat; ram, tup; bull, bullock; capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot.
-adjectives
male, he, masculine; manly, virile; unwomanly, unfeminine.
-phrases
hominem pagina nostra sapit [Mar.]; homo homini aut deus aut lupus [Erasmus]; homo vitae commodatus non donatus est [Syrus].
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| Antonyms: | woman |
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