Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boylike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
boy-like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a boy.

Etymology

From boy + -like.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more boylike (comparative) most boylike (superlative)

Derived Forms

unboylike

Synonyms

boyish schoolboyish boyishly

Questions

What does boylike mean?
Resembling a boy.
Where does boylike come from?
From boy + -like.

How to pronounce boylike

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