a male child or person in relation to his parents.
a male child or person adopted as a son; a person in the legal position of a son.
any male descendant: a son of the Aztecs.
a son-in-law.
a person related as if by ties of sonship.
a male person looked upon as the product or result of particular agencies, forces, influences, etc.: a true son of the soil.
a familiar term of address to a man or boy from an older person, an ecclesiastic, etc.
the Son,the second person of the Trinity; Jesus Christ.
Origin of son
before 900; Middle English sone,Old English sunu; cognate with Dutch zoon,German Sohn,Old Norse sunr, sonr,Gothic sunus,Lithuanian sūnùs,Sanskrit sūnus; akin to Greek huiós
OTHER WORDS FROM son
sonless,adjectivesonlike,adjective
Words nearby son
so much, so much as, so much for, so much the, somy, son, sonal, sonance, sonant, sonar, sonarman
Julia Jackson, Jacob Blake’s mother, said the “violence doesn’t reflect my son.”
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Socrates, a stonecutter’s son, felt most at home in the agora, or marketplace, of ancient Athens.
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Her son was eventually sold to an American couple for ₤1,000.
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Moving across the country for the year, “felt like the best option as my job would have suffered and my son would have suffered if we tried to stay in Los Angeles.”
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He would try to have a family member installed, perhaps his son.
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“They know there are drug spots,” said Wanda Williams, who was out for a walk with her son.
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Jennie kept his parliamentary vestments for her son, apparently instilling in Winston the sense that he would be a leader.
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Among the other graduates was Officer Kevin Lynch, brother and son of police officers.
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He stood holding his 21-month-old son, Jamison, his wife, Kelly, at his side.
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His son, Yaqoob Bizenjo, served as a member of the National Assembly until 2013.
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That father too embraced him and asked him in the presence of all,—“Do you remember both your lives, my son?”
The Kath Sarit Sgara|Somadeva Bhatta
I too am a son of Jhebbal Sag, out of a fire-being from a far realm.
Beyond the Black River|Robert E. Howard
He had supposed that a rich man's son, because he was a rich man's son, always had all the money he wanted.
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There at that time lived Thorstein, Egil's son, his mother's brother.
Laxdla Saga|Anonymous
The son at this period would have awoke him, but he became more composed, for a time, and enjoyed apparently a refreshing sleep.
Fardorougha, The Miser|William Carleton
British Dictionary definitions for son (1 of 2)
son
/ (sʌn) /
noun
a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents
a male descendant
(often capital)a familiar term of address for a boy or man
a male from a certain country, place, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environmenta son of the circus; a son of the manse
Other words from son
Related adjective: filial
Derived forms of son
sonless, adjectivesonlike, adjective
Word Origin for son
Old English sunu; related to Old Norse sunr, Gothic sunus, Old High German sunu, Lithuanian sūnus, Sanskrit sūnu
British Dictionary definitions for son (2 of 2)
Son
/ (sʌn) /
noun
Christianitythe second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ