lad

lad

noun \ˈlad\

Definition of LAD

1

: a male person of any age between early boyhood and maturity : boy, youth

2

: fellow, chap

Examples of LAD

1. Life was hard when I was a lad.
2. Well, lad, I hope you won't make the same mistake again!
3. He's a good lad at heart.
4. They can't treat us like that, can they, lads?!

Origin of LAD

Middle English ladde

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to LAD

Synonyms

boychick (or boychik), boyo [Irish], callant [chiefly Scottish], boy, laddie, nipper, shaveling, shaver, sonny, stripling, tad, youth

Related Words

adolescent, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, minor, moppet, teenager, tween, youngling, youngster; brat, gamin, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper; schoolboy; toddler, tot, tyke (also tike); mama's boy, mollycoddle

Rhymes with LAD

ad, add, bad, brad, cad, chad, Chad, clad, dad, fad, gad, Gad, glad, grad, mad, pad, plaid, rad, sad, scad, shad, tad, trad