son
[noun]
Synonyms: boy, lad, laddie, shaveling, stripling, tad

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Related Words: sonny, junior

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

son S1 W1 /sʌn/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: sunu]

1. [countable] someone’s male child ⇒ daughter:
Her son Sean was born in 1983.
They have three sons and a daughter.
In those days, the property went to the eldest son.
their youngest son, George
son of
the son of a poor farmer ⇒ like father like son at father¹(7)

2. [singular] spoken used by an older person as a way to address a boy or young man:
What’s your name, son?

3. the Son Jesus Christ, the second member of the group from the Christian religion that also includes the Father and the Holy Spirit

4. [countable] written a man, especially a famous man, from a particular place or country:
Frank Sinatra, New Jersey’s most famous son

5. my son used by a priest to address a man or boy
⇒ favourite son at favourite¹(2)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

son
noun
ADJ. baby, newborn | little, small, young | teenage | grown-up | only | eldest, first-born, middle, oldest, youngest | elder, younger | illegitimate, legitimate | dutiful, good | fine, strong The queen bore him four fine sons.
long-lost, prodigal They welcomed me like a long-lost son.
married, unmarried
VERB + SON have They've got three young sons.
bear (formal), give birth to | bring up Living alone and trying to bring up a young son is no easy task.
SON + VERB grow up

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

son
sʌn
See: favorite son , like father , like son

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲