Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boy_scouts

1 sense of boy scouts

Sense 1
Boy Scouts -- (an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys)
       => movement, social movement, front -- (a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boy_scout

2 senses of boy scout

Sense 1
Boy Scout -- (a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts)
       => Scout -- (a Boy Scout or Girl Scout)

Sense 2
boy scout -- (a man who is considered naive)
       => innocent, inexperienced person -- (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)