Thesaurus results for LAD

lad

noun

ˈlad

Definition of lad

as in boy

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood fond of telling tall tales of the days when he was just a lad

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as in guy

an adult male human being pass me another beer—will you, lad?

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Recent Examples of lad We’ve both been brought up playing sport our entire lives, which is quite the macho, classic lad setting. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026 The movie is essentially an old-fashioned story of one lad’s sentimental education, spiced up with NSFW perversity. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026 This intensive five-day retreat welcomes only America’s dudes, bros, lads, sons and fathers. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026 Aussie Rules lads are almost clothed enough to enter a convenience store. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lad

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Noun

In February 2025, Timpf welcomed her first child, a baby boy.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Lipnicki plays a character known only by the screen name of Crazyfrog73, someone who gets caught in a compromising position in the kitchen while hoping to hook up with a boy played by Gisondo.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of boy

Noun

The beach is right there for swimming and paddleboarding when the surf is calm, and the trails through the dunes are manageable for kids old enough to walk them without being carried.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
As a kid, his mother would drop him off at Southwick Country Club in Massachusetts on summer mornings on her way to work.

— Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of kid

Noun

Is there a kind and polite way to tell this gentleman to stop telling me jokes?

— Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
And so Eton’s uniform became codified around gentleman’s fashions of the 1800s, even though the dress code was not made official until 1964.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gentleman

Noun

In a poetic blend of reality and imagination, a vivacious Brooklyn teenager strives to reclaim her own fleeting childhood while helping raise her four younger sisters.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
The national phenomenon saw large groups of teenagers gathering in public spaces late at night, which police said posed safety risks and disrupted local businesses.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of teenager

Noun

The second, a runway show in February, expanded upon its connection to new money by fashioning buff male models as oligarchs and über thin female ones as their party girl acolytes.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
The mostly male, mostly young consumers of this content came up in the pandemic days of meme stock windfalls, speculative crypto investments, and hypebeast product drops.

— Adam Erace, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of male

Noun

Even as Swift shines in the light of holy matrimony, there are still plenty of lame dudes out there for Taylor to crush across three-minute pop masterstrokes — and, God-willing, there always will be.

— Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
Just as O’Malley and Rahill’s work is infatuated with toxic masculinity and fratty hopecore, Bensinger’s is obsessed with sheepish dude-empaths hiding beneath layers of uneasy bravado.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of dude

Noun

For men, the collection includes utility Bermuda shorts, striped shirts, knitwear, sweatshirts, graphic T-shirts and raglan-sleeve shirts.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
In the 1960s, military leaders discovered that nearly one-third of young men were unfit for service because of conditions rooted in childhood poverty, poor health care, and limited educational opportunities.

— Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

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