noun · A2

Guy

GEYE/ɡaɪ/

A guy is a man in informal English: a guy from work, you guys (sometimes a mixed group), that guy at the desk. Bloke is a British informal cousin. Man is the neutral word. Guide is a person who shows the way. Do not write guy when you mean guide, or gay as if it were the same.

Meaning

A man (informal).

Examples

“The guy at the desk printed our boarding passes.”
“Ask the guy in the high-vis jacket about the platform.”
“A guy in the queue lent us a phone charger.”

Good to know

a guy from work (informal). Neutral: man. British cousin: bloke. Mix-up: guide.

Near in meaning

man

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