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Guy definition

Guy is a noun meaning "an informal term for a youth or man." It has 4 meanings, as a noun and a verb, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
noun, verb
Syllables
1
Letters
3
How common
Everyday word

Guy as a noun

  1. an informal term for a youth or man

    "a nice guy"

    Same sense: cat, sod, hombre, bozo

  2. a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)

    Same sense: guy cable, guy wire, guy rope

Guy as a verb

  1. subject to laughter or ridicule

    Same sense: make fun, laugh at, roast, poke fun, rib, ridicule, jest at, blackguard

  2. steady or support with a guy wire or cable

    "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"

Synonyms and antonyms

All synonyms of guy, sense by sense

How to say guy

Guy has 1 syllable and rhymes with by. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with guy

GUY in word games

Scrabble
7
Words With Friends
8
Anagrams
0

Is GUY a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check GUY in the word checker, or unscramble GUY to see the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.