Synonyms for guy
Another word for guy is cat, sod or hombre. Below are 15 synonyms and 16 related words across 4 senses.
Also searched as: guyed, guying, guys.
1. noun: an informal term for a youth or man
- cat synonyms
- sod synonyms
- hombre
- bozo
2. noun: a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- guy cable
- guy wire
- guy rope
3. verb: subject to laughter or ridicule
- make fun synonyms
- laugh at synonyms
- roast synonyms
- rib synonyms
- poke fun synonyms
- ridicule synonyms
- jest at synonyms
- blackguard
4. verb: steady or support with a guy wire or cable
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- man synonyms
- adult male
- brace synonyms
- bracing synonyms
- expose synonyms
- mock synonyms
- tease synonyms
- debunk
- lampoon
- satirize
- satirise
- bemock
- stultify
- steady synonyms
- stabilize synonyms
- stabilise
Guy in word games
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- 3
- Scrabble
- 7
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- 8
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Questions people ask
What is another word for guy?
You can say cat, sod, hombre, bozo or guy cable instead of guy. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "an informal term for a youth or man".
What is the opposite of guy?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for guy; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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Senses and synonyms from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0); the most common words come first. Browse more on the synonyms and antonyms hub.