son

¹ American  

[suhn] / sʌn /

noun

1. a male child or person in relation to his parents.

2. a male child or person adopted as a son; a person in the legal position of a son.

3. any male descendant.

   a son of the Aztecs.

4. a son-in-law.

5. a person related as if by ties of sonship.

6. a male person looked upon as the product or result of particular agencies, forces, influences, etc..

   a true son of the soil.

7. a familiar term of address to a man or boy from an older person, an ecclesiastic, etc.

8. the Son, the second person of the Trinity; Jesus Christ.

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son- ² American  

1. variant of soni- before a vowel.

   sonance.

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son ¹ British  

/ sʌn /

noun

1. a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents

2. a male descendant

3. (often capital) a familiar term of address for a boy or man

4. a male from a certain country, place, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment

   a son of the circus

   a son of the manse

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Son ² British  

/ sʌn /

noun

1. Christianity the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ

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son Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing son

• favorite son
• like father, like son

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Other Word Forms

• sonless adjective
• sonlike adjective

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Truell grew up in New York City, the son of two journalists who have worked for The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the video, Juan Carlos also urged Spain to support his son Felipe VI, in whose favour he abdicated in 2014, "in this difficult task of uniting all Spaniards".

From Barron's

“I have to go to my son’s basketball game after this. I don’t want to re-create the scene from ‘Hoosiers.’”

From The Wall Street Journal

Lyons, a registered nurse, notes that her father works at a different nuclear plant, and her young son even has a Lego model of it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms Jones's son's birthday party, which was scheduled to take place in January, has also had to be rearranged.

From BBC

Related Words

• boy
• child
• descendant
• kid
• offspring