son

Meanings

Plural: sons

Noun

• a male human offspring
  • "their son became a famous judge"
• the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
• One's male offspring.
• A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
• A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
• A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.
• A person regarded as the product of some place.
• A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
• An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.
• The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.
• Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that originated in Cuba during the late 19th century.

Verb

• To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
• To address (someone) as "son".

Synonyms

boy, lad, Logos, Word

Antonyms

daughter, father, girl, mother, parent