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young man

young man
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [yuhng man]
    • /yʌŋ mæn/
    • /jʌŋ mæn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yuhng man]
    • /yʌŋ mæn/

Definitions of young man words

  • noun young man a male in early manhood. 1
  • noun young man a boyfriend; sweetheart; fiancé. 1
  • noun young man male child or youthful adult 1
  • noun young man a boyfriend; sweetheart 0
  • noun young man Used other than as an idiom: young man. 0
  • noun young man A term of endearment or address for a boy. 0

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Origin of young man

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; 1850-55 for def 2; Middle English; Old English

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Young man

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

young man popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

young man usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for young man

noun young man

  • boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
  • fiance — a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
  • gamin — a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
  • lad — a boy or youth.
  • laddie — a young lad; boy.

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