sonnoun [ C ]
uk/sʌn/us/sʌn/A1 your male child:
This is our son Raja.
We have two sons and three daughters.
used as an informal form of address by a man to a boy:
Come on, son, we don't have all day.
a son of somewhere literary
a man who was born in a particular place:
that notable son of Württemberg, Martin Brecht
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- Your son is the same age as mine.
- You must be very proud of your son.
- They decided to remove their son from the school.
- My son is a lot taller than my daughter.
- He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- long-lost
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- sisterhood
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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