fellas

variants also fellers
plural of fella
as in guys
an adult male human being these fellas are the hardest working bunch of players a manager could ever hope to have

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Recent Examples of fellas Mac and Chap’s mother (who happens to be Kurt Russell’s sister, hence the fellas’ Battered Bastards of Baseball film), was a hip-hop dance instructor in her day. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 With all due respect to today's NASCAR, these fellas ain't touching those guys. Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 The fellas are also working on finishing up the upcoming Bone Thugs-N-Harmony album, but that one is proving to take a little more time than originally anticipated. Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 17 July 2026 Thank you fellas … Jules, Fab, Albert, Nikolai and Johann for this invitation. Spin Staff, SPIN, 29 June 2026 Down the way, a bunch of young fellas were hooting and hollering. Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 Hecht is a former walk-on who rose up the ranks in a K-State program known for churning out big, mean fellas. Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 While some students and staff seemed to appreciate the bots, plenty more did not, taking it upon themselves to vandalize, harass, and knock the fellas over at every opportunity. Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026 Time to pay big bucks for the big fellas. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fellas
Noun
  • The guys who supposedly figured out how to travel across the ocean better than any NFL team before them.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • No, not Dakota, and not one of her top-three guys from The Bachelorette.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Two males and one female, the cubs were restless during Tuesday’s vaccination.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The lawbreakers were gathered this day on a cliff and a nearby arch, a crowd of around 50 young people — 14- to 20-year-olds, mostly males.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • That, ladies and gentlemen, is why the stock of Amazon surged Friday and took its hyperscaler peers along for the ride.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a resident big band that sets the tempo for dancing—there are even gentlemen hosts available for ladies—and a DJ rocks the small disco late into the night.
    Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • Jump scares, dudes with chainsaws, fake blood and adult drinks accentuated with gummy worms.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Plus hunting, camping, hiking and dudes gouging out gators' eyeballs, too.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Fellas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellas. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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