| after |
If a girl is named after her grandmother, it means that her parents gave her the same name as her grandmother. If a boy is named after his father, it means that his parents gave him the same name as his father. [1/5 definitions] |
| baby |
a very young girl or boy; infant. [1/6 definitions] |
| bar mitzvah |
a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a boy becoming an adult and the beginning of his religious duties. The bar mitzvah usually takes place when the boy is thirteen years old. |
| boy |
A boy is a male child or a young male person. If someone is a boy, he is not an adult yet. [2 definitions] |
| boyhood |
the state or period of life when one is a boy. |
| boyish |
having to do with or like a boy. |
| Boy Scout |
A Boy Scout is a male member of a large organization for young people that teaches outdoor skills, physical fitness, and things like how to be a good citizen. |
| brother |
Your brother is a boy or man who has the same mother or father as you. |
| chap2 |
(informal) a man or boy; fellow. |
| child |
A child is a young girl or boy. "Kid" is another word for "child." [1/2 definitions] |
| Cub Scout |
a member of the junior section of the Boy Scouts of America. Boys between ages eight and eleven can be Cub Scouts. |
| dude |
(slang) any man or boy. [1/2 definitions] |
| fellow |
a man or boy. [1/3 definitions] |
| guy1 |
(informal) a boy or man; fellow. [1/2 definitions] |
| he1 |
When we talk about a man or boy but we don't say his name, we sometimes use the word "he." Sometimes we use "he" when we're talking about a male animal too. [1/2 definitions] |
| heir |
An heir is a person who has the right to receive someone else's property or rank after that person dies. If a daughter is her father's heir, for example, it means that she will receive her father's property when he dies. If a boy is a king's heir, the boy will receive property, but he will also receive the rank of king. That means that he will become king when his father dies. |
| him |
When we talk about a man or boy but we don't say his name, we sometimes use the word "him." |
| himself |
If a boy is looking at himself in the mirror, it means that the boy is looking at someone in the mirror and that person is he. The reflection and the boy are the same person. [2/4 definitions] |
| his |
When a thing belongs to a boy or man, that thing is his thing. If your brother has a ball, that ball is his ball. [1/2 definitions] |
| king |
A king is a ruler of a country and sometimes wears a crown. When a boy or man becomes king of a country, he stays the king for the rest of his life. The people of a country do not choose who will be their king. A man can become king only if his father or someone in his family was a ruler before him. [1/4 definitions] |
| lad |
a boy or young man. |