- a boyfriend; sweetheart
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
young′ man′,
- a male in early manhood.
- a boyfriend;
sweetheart;
fiancé. - bef. 1000; 1850–55 for def. 2; Middle English; Old English
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
young man n
'young man' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Adonis
- blade
- blood
- bodgie
- boy racer
- Boyd
- boyo
- buck
- casual
- dashing
- eligible
- gallant
- lad
- laddie
- maiden
- Osborne
- present
- punk
- pup
- puppy
- spark
- squire
- uhlan
- Venture Scout
- whelp
- yeoman
- young
- younker
- youth
- able-bodied
- ahead
- angry young man
- Apollo
- ball boy
- bat boy
- bear leader
- bland
- bloodless
- boy
- boychik
- boy toy
- boy wonder
- brash
- calligraphy
- chield
- clean-cut
- confidence
- cub
- deep-voiced
- driven