Phrase guide
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noun
An adult male who is childish or immature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal
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Synonyms: manbaby, manboy, baby boy
Antonyms: macho man, machoman, alpha male
noun
A young male human; a boy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: baby boy, bhoy, boy, boykin, boyo, callant, chav, feely-omi, guy, knave, lad, little boy, man child, manling, page, pillicock, sapling, shaveling, son, sonny, springald, stripling, yob, younker, youth
Antonyms: girlchild, baby girl, woman child, womanchild, woman-child
History
From Middle English manchylde, man-chylde (“a male child”), equivalent to man + child.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
