Synonyms of boyhood

boyhood

noun

as in childhood

Related Words

• childhood
• girlhood
• toddlerhood
• adolescence
• youth
• minority
• springtime
• nonage
• infancy
• immaturity
• babyhood
• juvenility
• juvenescence

Dissimilar Words

• adulthood
• majority
• winter
• midlife
• middle age
• sunset
• senectitude

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boyhood

The 17-year-old midfielder has advanced through the academy ranks at his boyhood club, just as Lewis and Jamie, his older siblings, did previously. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 10 July 2026

But Toney isn’t awestruck, nor too afraid to speak up to the guy who once manned the middle of his boyhood team’s defense. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

The series depicts the anguish of an interrupted boyhood and the awakening of a child’s conscience as their safest spaces erode. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 July 2026

If the first eight steps, rising amid the site’s oak and maple trees, can be viewed as his birth and boyhood in the state, those at the summit reflect his later years of anguish and trial. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026

This also means that Alejandro Balde’s future on the left is under threat too, but at least Marc Cucurella has been taken out of the equation by joining Real Madrid - which ends any prospect of returning to boyhood outfit Barcelona. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

There was Mendoza, where Godoy Cruz played; Bahía Blanca, home of Olimpo; Rosario, where both Ángel Di María’s Central and Messi’s boyhood club, Newell’s Old Boys, were crosstown rivals. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

The best Survivor 50 moment has to be Devens in his pure boyhood joy flipping MrBeast's coin. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026

Brothers Matt and Steve Vawter inherited their boyhood home following the death of their mother, Susie Vawter, in 2020. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026