GUYS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

guys

noun

plural of guy

as in people

a member of the human race what would you guys like to order?

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as in males

an adult male human being was not the kind of guy she ever thought she'd date

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Recent Examples of guys Those were the guys that brought home the Astros’ first World Series championship, as Henderson’s Brewers are trying to do for Milwaukee. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Milwaukee also developed such top guys as Brice Turang (1st round), Garrett Mitchell (1st round), Sal Frelick (1st round) and Cooper Pratt (6th round), among others. — Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 On the guys’ side, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, who relaunched Public School New York earlier this year, clinched a nomination for menswear designer of the year. — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026 Just glad to be here with you guys and proud to represent one of the best states in the country. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 More often than not, the Mountaineers believe their guys can win those 1-on-1 battles in the open field and the Horned Frogs will need to hold their own in space. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026 Drama at the Valley City, Ohio Frog Jump In 1962, a few guys at a bar were looking for an event to put the town of Valley City, Ohio on the map. — David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 There is a way to help the good guys overwinter without harboring pests. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026 So, guys weren’t coming up to him to strike up a conversation. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

The Secret Service found that nearly all of the attacks were carried out by males who acted alone.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Under Coventry, the most notable change came earlier this year, when the IOC explicitly banned biological males from women's sports.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of males

Noun

Women tolerate heat better than men and can sit in a sauna, absorb heat and vasodilate, triggering heat shock protein responses.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
The diaper brand Coterie is running an ad in Golf Digest, whose readership is 75% men.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of men

Noun

The data dudes have created their place, and value, in every sport, and percentages direct possessions, matchups and everything else.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
The whole point of the ad was to get dudes to sign up for a Novig account and start hammering parlays this football season.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of dudes

Noun

Born in 1888, Jim Casey spent his life, starting at the tender age of eleven, thinking about how to deliver things more efficiently.

— Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
New York — Brett Smiley was elected mayor of Providence in 2022 on a pledge to build more housing and get things done in Rhode Island’s capital city.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the decidedly forgettable experience of falling for a phishing scam—or in this case, the simulation of one.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what’s known in the editing bay as foreshadowing.

— Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of gentlemen

Noun

Other witnesses reported smaller, hairy creatures, a prehistoric-looking bird and a worm allegedly measuring 8 feet long.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
But the most important thing to understand about farm animal transportation is that these creatures are not handled like passengers, the way you or I would be treated on a long-distance trip.

— Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of creatures

Noun

The pitch reflects a broader vision for moving health care beyond hospitals and doctors’ offices and into patients’ daily lives — which is where wireless connectivity comes in.

— Megan R. Wilson, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
Chris Pratt is shedding light on the reality of raising four kids in Hollywood while keeping his Christian faith present in their lives.

— Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of lives

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