FELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fella mean? 

• FELLA (noun)
  The noun FELLA has 1 sense:

1. a boy or man

  Familiarity information: FELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A boy or man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

blighter; bloke; chap; cuss; fella; feller; fellow; gent; lad

Context example:

he's a good bloke

Hypernyms ("fella" is a kind of...):

male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fella"):

dog (informal term for a man)

 Context examples 

He looked up as Tom's broad hand fell sharply on his shoulder. "What you want, fella?"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"See!" he cried triumphantly. "It's a bona fide piece of printed matter. It fooled me. This fella's a regular Belasco. It's a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop too—didn't cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you expect?"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)