boyhood
nounDivide boyhood into syllables:
boy · hood
How to pronounce boyhood:
Definition of boyhood:
- boyhood (noun):
- the childhood of a boy.
- a male child from birth to adulthood
- Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.
Synonyms for boyhood:
adolescence
childhood
girlhood
infancy
juvenescence
minority
nonage
springtime
teens
toddlerhood
youth
Antonyms for boyhood:
adulthood
adultness
end
experience
infancy
knowledge
later life
majority
manhood
maturation
maturity
old age
parenthood
senility
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