son
/sʌn/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
noun
A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
noun
A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.
noun
A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
Example Sentences
- "Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter.""
- "From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,"
- "“We are pleased that LSST has now been named the Vera C. Rubin Observatory,” said Rubin’s sons Allan Rubin, David Rubin, and Karl Rubin in a statement."
- "Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday."
- "Eli called Samuel his son. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift."
- "He was a son of the mafia system."
Etymology
From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Colloquial
- Transitive verb
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
bachelor's son
batchelor's son
favorite son
favourite son
First Son
father to son
grandfather-father-son
I'll be a son of a gun