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

2 senses of doughboy

Sense 1
doughboy -- (an American infantryman in World War I)
       => infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger -- (fights on foot with small arms)

Sense 2
doughboy -- (a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread; "the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut")
       => friedcake -- (small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat)