Antonyms for guy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gahy
Phonetic Transcription : gaɪ


Definition of guy

Origin :
  • "rope, chain, wire," mid-14c., "leader," from Old French guie "a guide," from guier (see guide (v.)); or from a similar word in North Sea Germanic. The "rope" sense is nautical, first recorded 1620s.
  • noun man
Example sentences :
  • So's the other one—the guy as has got the mun; he's got a bank full of it.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • To ensure rigidity the rudder must be stayed with guy wires.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • It is Guy of Gisbourne, and thou mayst have heard it before.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • This was carried by my fourth son on the fifth of November, when he was a Guy Fawkes.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Guy suggested as a joke that she charge the makers a commission.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • And Guy stood sobered—sobered not at going to the war, but at leaving her.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • When we were back in our room he said, "That did it—I'm going to get that guy."
  • Extract from : « Goodbye, Dead Man! » by Tom W. Harris
  • Anyway, there they was, and it probably didn't make any difference to the guy himself.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Of the best the world contained, he, Guy Landers, would partake.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • Live and let live; that's what I say, and let a guy get by if he can.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

Synonyms for guy

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