boy: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of boy
- cowboy«Word Popularity Bar4/5
cowboy
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
puncher; cowherd; cowpuncher; cowpoke; cattleman; cowman; cowhand.
- noun a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
rodeo rider.
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- schoolboy3/5
schoolboy
- noun a boy attending school
- noun a boy attending school
- playboy3/5
playboy
- noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
Corinthian; man-about-town.
- noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
- bellboy2/5
bellboy
- noun someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
bellhop; bellman.
- noun someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
- homeboy2/5
homeboy
- noun a fellow male member of a youth gang
- noun a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown
- noun a fellow male member of a youth gang
- tomboy2/5
tomboy
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
romp; hoyden.
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
- newsboy2/5
newsboy
- noun a boy who delivers newspapers
carrier.
- noun a boy who delivers newspapers
- busboy2/5
busboy
- noun a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
waiter's assistant.
- noun a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
- doughboy2/5
doughboy
- noun an American infantryman in World War I
- noun a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread
- the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut
- noun an American infantryman in World War I
- houseboy2/5
houseboy
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ploughboy1/5
ploughboy
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
plowboy.
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
- plowboy1/5
plowboy
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
ploughboy.
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
- potboy1/5
potboy
- noun a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
potman.
- noun a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
- pageboy1/5
pageboy
- noun a boy who is employed to run errands
page.
- noun a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
- noun a boy who is employed to run errands
- paperboy1/5
paperboy
- noun a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- noun a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- hautboy1/5
hautboy
- noun a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
hautbois; oboe.
- noun a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- carboy1/5
carboy
- noun a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container
- noun a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container
- stableboy1/5
stableboy
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
hostler; ostler; groom; stableman.
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- choirboy1/5
choirboy
- noun a boy who sings in a choir
- noun a boy who sings in a choir
- highboy1/5
highboy
- noun a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
tallboy.
- noun a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
- tallboy1/5
tallboy
- noun a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
highboy.
- noun a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
- lowboy1/5
lowboy
- noun a low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs
- noun a low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs
- flyboy1/5
flyboy
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- batboy1/5
batboy
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- whiteboy1/5
whiteboy
A favorite. Obs. SeeWhite , a., 6. "One of God's whiteboys." Bunyan.
- attaboy1/5
- postboy1/5
postboy
One who rides post horses; a position; a courier.
- copyboy1/5
copyboy
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- smallboy1/5
- herdboy1/5
herdboy
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- footboy1/5
footboy
A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.
Suffixes of boy
- boys«Word Popularity Bar5/5
boy
- noun a youthful male person
male child.
- the baby was a boy
- she made the boy brush his teeth every night
- most soldiers are only boys in uniform
- noun a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- he likes to play golf with the boys
- noun a youthful male person
- boyhood4/5
boyhood
- noun the childhood of a boy
- noun the childhood of a boy
- boyfriend4/5
boyfriend
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
swain; beau; fellow; young man.
- if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
- boyle4/5
boil
- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
furuncle.
- noun the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
boiling point.
- they brought the water to a boil
- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
- boycott4/5
boycott
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- verb refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- boyd4/5
boy
- noun a youthful male person
male child.
- the baby was a boy
- she made the boy brush his teeth every night
- most soldiers are only boys in uniform
- noun a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- he likes to play golf with the boys
- noun a youthful male person
- boyfriends3/5
boyfriend
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
swain; beau; fellow; young man.
- if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
- boyish3/5
boyish
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of a young boy
boylike; schoolboyish.
- a boyish grin
- schoolboyish pranks
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of a young boy
- boycotts3/5
boycott
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- verb refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- boyer3/5
boy
- noun a youthful male person
male child.
- the baby was a boy
- she made the boy brush his teeth every night
- most soldiers are only boys in uniform
- noun a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- he likes to play golf with the boys
- noun a youthful male person
- boycotted2/5
boycott
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- verb refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- boyne2/5
boyne
- noun a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts
battle of Boyne.
- noun a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts
- boycotting2/5
boycott
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- verb refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- boyishly2/5
boyishly
- adverb like a boy
boylike.
- he smiled boyishly at his fiancee
- adverb like a boy
- boyars2/5
boyar
A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania. ✍ English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars.
- boyar2/5
boyar
A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania. ✍ English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars.
- boyds2/5
boyds
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- boyhoods1/5
boyhood
- noun the childhood of a boy
- noun the childhood of a boy
- boyishness1/5
boyishness
- noun being characteristic of a boy
- noun being characteristic of a boy
- boylike1/5
boylike
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of a young boy
schoolboyish; boyish.
- a boyish grin
- schoolboyish pranks
- adverb like a boy
boyishly.
- he smiled boyishly at his fiancee
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of a young boy
- boysenberry1/5
boysenberry
- noun cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
boysenberry bush.
- noun large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
- noun cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
- boysenberries1/5
boysenberry
- noun cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
boysenberry bush.
- noun large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
- noun cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
- boyo1/5
boyo
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- boycotters1/5
- boying1/5
boy
- noun a youthful male person
male child.
- the baby was a boy
- she made the boy brush his teeth every night
- most soldiers are only boys in uniform
- noun a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- he likes to play golf with the boys
- noun a youthful male person
- boychik1/5
- boyards1/5
boyard
A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania. ✍ English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars.
- boyos1/5
boyos
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Derived words of boy
- cowboys«Word Popularity Bar4/5
cowboy
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
puncher; cowherd; cowpuncher; cowpoke; cattleman; cowman; cowhand.
- noun a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
rodeo rider.
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- flamboyant3/5
flamboyant
- noun showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
flame tree; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana; peacock flower; Delonix regia.
- adjective satellite marked by ostentation but often tasteless
splashy; showy.
- a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet
- a splashy half-page ad
- noun showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- schoolboys2/5
schoolboy
- noun a boy attending school
- noun a boy attending school
- playboys2/5
playboy
- noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
Corinthian; man-about-town.
- noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
- doughboys2/5
doughboy
- noun an American infantryman in World War I
- noun a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread
- the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut
- noun an American infantryman in World War I
- newsboys2/5
newsboy
- noun a boy who delivers newspapers
carrier.
- noun a boy who delivers newspapers
- flamboyance2/5
flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
showiness; floridness; floridity.
- he wrote with great flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
- flamboyantly2/5
flamboyantly
- adverb in a fancy colorful manner
showily; flashily.
- he dresses rather flamboyantly
- adverb in a fancy colorful manner
- ploughboys1/5
ploughboy
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
plowboy.
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
- homeboys1/5
homeboy
- noun a fellow male member of a youth gang
- noun a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown
- noun a fellow male member of a youth gang
- bellboys1/5
bellboy
- noun someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
bellhop; bellman.
- noun someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
- tomboys1/5
tomboy
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
romp; hoyden.
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
- busboys1/5
busboy
- noun a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
waiter's assistant.
- noun a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
- tomboyish1/5
tomboyish
- adjective satellite used of girls; wild and boisterous
hoydenish.
- adjective satellite used of girls; wild and boisterous
- schoolboyish1/5
schoolboyish
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of a young boy
boylike; boyish.
- a boyish grin
- schoolboyish pranks
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of a young boy
- paperboys1/5
paperboy
- noun a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- noun a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- pageboys1/5
pageboy
- noun a boy who is employed to run errands
page.
- noun a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
- noun a boy who is employed to run errands
- amboyna1/5
amboyna
- noun mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
Andaman redwood.
- noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
Pterocarpus indicus; padouk; padauk.
- noun mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
- hautboys1/5
hautboy
- noun a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
hautbois; oboe.
- noun a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- carboys1/5
carboy
- noun a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container
- noun a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container
- stableboys1/5
stableboy
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
hostler; ostler; groom; stableman.
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- choirboys1/5
choirboy
- noun a boy who sings in a choir
- noun a boy who sings in a choir
- tallboys1/5
tallboy
- noun a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
highboy.
- noun a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
- leboyer1/5
leboyer
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- houseboys1/5
houseboys
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- flyboys1/5
- exboyfriend1/5
- fanboys1/5
fanboys
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- antiboycott1/5
- postboys1/5
postboy
One who rides post horses; a position; a courier.
- herdboys1/5
- tomboyism1/5
tomboyism
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `boy`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `boy`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `boy`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `boy`, some are not.
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