old boy

What does old boy mean?

old boy means "a familiar term of address for a man". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for old boy?

Close synonyms include old man. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old boy a common word?

old boy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for old boy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.