guy

noun

ˈgī How to pronounce guy (audio)
Definition of guynext
1
as in male
an adult male human being was not the kind of guy she ever thought she'd date

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2
as in person
a member of the human race what would you guys like to order?

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Recent Examples of guy This will be his first home start, and that could be a benefit to him as young guys might need that home crowd behind them. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 But all the important things that you guys have seen the great GMs do. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 And then, shock of shocks, there were people who didn’t come up through the agency, this guy included, who came over with him. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, the internet adores Zork, a guy in a diving suit with a flying headbutt attack. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guy
  1. male
  2. person
  3. dude
  4. man
  5. gentleman
  6. life
  7. creature
Noun
  • Most of the people who sell their plasma tend to be under 35, unemployed, without a college degree, Black and male, according to a 2021 study based on two proprietary national surveys conducted between 2018 and 2021.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Cox, a biological male who identifies as a woman, is facing a slew of charges in Arlington County for entering female locker rooms at local schools and recreation centers.
    — Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of male
Noun
  • One person died in Jelgava, central Latvia, when part of a building collapsed on Saturday, and others were injured across the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The person requested anonymity due to the sensitivity in speaking with foreign media.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of person
Noun
  • One of the more memorable instances finds Cole grabbing an open padlock off a door and using it to belt an opponent across the face before hooking the shackle into the dude’s mouth and using it to rip open his cheek.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Will Muschamp, defensive coordinator, Texas Is college football ready for this dude to be all the way back in it?
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of dude
Noun
  • In both women and men with class III obesity, defined as a BMI of 40 or higher, there was no statistically significant difference in mortality risk.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the archetypal influencer in our cultural imagination is not a man reviewing watches on YouTube or hosting a podcast from his studio in Austin.
    — Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of man
Noun
  • What the story is actually about almost doesn’t matter — just enjoy the quiet luxury of it all, with the ever-endearing Fabrice Luchini in the lead doing yet another bumbling, bourgeois gentleman of a certain age.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The gentleman doing the inspection said my tires were too old.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of gentleman
Noun
  • Derrick Moore not only saved Summer’s life, McCallum said, but his own, too.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • This rainfall may produce life threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in steep terrain and over areas that were affected recently by Hurricane Lala.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of life
Noun
  • Her daughter, who is an animal lover, has learned about marine creatures by scuba diving and going on submarine rides on their trips.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The apocalypse isn’t frightening because of zombies or some fantastical creature.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of creature

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