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lad

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Synonyms and Antonyms of lad

1 a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

fond of telling tall tales of the days when he was just a lad

Synonyms of lad

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

Words Related to lad

adolescent, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, minor, moppet, teenager, tween, youngling, youngster

brat, gamin, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper

toddler, tot, tyke (also tike)

mama's boy, mollycoddle

2 an adult male human being

pass me another beer—will you, lad?

Synonyms of lad

bastard, bloke [chiefly British], buck, cat, chap [chiefly British], chappie [British], dude, fella, fellow, galoot [slang], gent, gentleman, guy, hombre, jack, joe, joker, male, man

Words Related to lad

master, mister, sir

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