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son (sun)

noun

  1. a boy or man as he is related to either or both parents: sometimes also used of animals
  2. a male descendant
    1. a stepson
    2. an adopted son
    3. a son-in-law
  4. a male thought of as having been formed by some influence, as a child is by a parent sons of France
  5. an affectionate or familiar form of address to a boy or man, as used by an older person

Etymology: ME sone < OE sunu, akin to Ger sohn, Goth sunus < IE *sūnus < base *seu-, to give birth to > Sans sūyatē, (she) bears, OIr suth, birth

son Idioms

the Son

Christian Theol. Jesus Christ, as the second person of the Trinity

son Synonyms

son

n.

male child, offspring, descendant, foster son, dependent, scion, heir, boy, junior*, chip off the old block*, his father's son*, sliver*.

son Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bear: I only can find 2 of his sons born in bethnal Green London.
  • survive: In his turn Titus vows revenge and sends his surviving son Lucius to the Goths to raise an army.
  • adopt: She kept her personal life private but she had in fact adopted a son and had three grandchildren.

Adjective modifier

  • eldest: The picture is of the earl's eldest son paying his final respects.
  • illegitimate: William Davidson and the Cato Street Conspiracy William Davidson was born in the 1780s, the illegitimate son of the Jamaican Attorney General.
  • elder: Elder son of Herbert Manley and Alice Dundas Manley, of 15, St. Johns Church Road, Folkestone.
  • prodigal: An eternal moment was captured when the Father ran out to embrace his prodigal son, and his heart toward you hasn't changed.
  • teenage: Your teenage son is playing rock music in his room with some friends.
  • beloved: Beloved son of Kenneth and Margaret of Church Farm, Moorhouse, and brother of Kevin, Karen and Gillian.

Modifies a noun

  • Nichola: Their son Nicholas was born in 1976 and daughter Larissa in 1977.
  • telemachus: The only people to escape being frozen are Ulysses, his son Telemachus, alien girl Yumi and pet robot Nono.

Noun used with modifier

thy: Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son 's mandrakes.

Possessives

mandrake: Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Possessives

  • carpenter: Edward Richard George Heath was a carpenter's son from Broadstairs in Kent.
  • king: He vowed to spend the rest of his life telling people what the king's son had done for him.

Preposition: of

  • bitch: I had to beat the son of a bitch to death with the chair!
  • perdition: The whole world will be worshiping Satan and the son of perdition.
  • clergyman: Herman Boerhaave was born at Voorhout about 15 Km from Leyden in 1668; the son of a Dutch clergyman.
  • immigrant: Fast bowler Mahmood, the son of Pakistani immigrants, responded to the jeers of the massed ranks of Pakistan supporters with two wickets.
  • god: The five emperors whose titles included " son of god " ruled for nearly a hundred years.