GUYS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

guys

noun

plural of guy

as in people

a member of the human race what would you guys like to order?

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as in males

an adult male human being was not the kind of guy she ever thought she'd date

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Recent Examples of guys This is a season so overwhelmingly dull that it’s taken three different gay guys to recap it. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026 Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026 Head coach Andy Reid said during training camp that the young guys were going to have to contribute, and Johnson was among the rookies who rose to the occasion on opening night at Arrowhead Stadium. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026 This is the man who’s going to give the exposition explaining what the general American public feels about these guys. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026 That was a great pinball experience, just to bounce off these guys my whole life as a boy and kind of go into manhood and make music with those guys. — Gary Graff, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026 Check out her profiles to get a better glimpse at new guys Lu Dort and Aaron Wiggins … and to see what Asa Newell’s up to ahead of Year 2. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026 But really the first two guys, those guys do it so easily and seamlessly. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Penn State features former Cyclones coach Matt Campbell and about two dozen guys who played for him at Iowa State. — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

National polling consistently shows that between 75-80% of voting Americans oppose biological males competing in women’s sports.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The suspects are described as Black males between the ages of 16 and 20 with a thin to medium build who were wearing all black clothing, ski masks and red gloves with black palms, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of males

Noun

While Star Wars might be known for laser swords and space wizards, it's always been about weird little dudes doing even weirder things.

— Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Even as Swift shines in the light of holy matrimony, there are still plenty of lame dudes out there for Taylor to crush across three-minute pop masterstrokes — and, God-willing, there always will be.

— Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of dudes

Noun

After things go awry in the Congo, the family in The Poisonwood Bible dissolves readily.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
In some ways, things have changed considerably for Reid over the last year after the television adaptation of her 2019 novel, Heated Rivalry, became a cultural phenomena.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the decidedly forgettable experience of falling for a phishing scam—or in this case, the simulation of one.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what’s known in the editing bay as foreshadowing.

— Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of gentlemen

Noun

Built in 1965 and 1970, respectively, the vessels are approaching the limits of their service lives.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Their bid to change their lives turns into a dangerous chase, and the friendship becomes the one thing protecting them.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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