Thesaurus results for LADS

lads

noun

plural of lad

as in boys

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 guys

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

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Recent Examples of lads That real trust can be rare, from knowing other young lads (at Liverpool) and their experiences on loan. —

Andy Jones, New York Times, 10 June 2026 This place was incredible, and got to enjoy it with some good lads. —

Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 The year was 1994, and a handful of Irish lads were gathered at a hotel in Northern Ireland to celebrate Colin Cather’s pending nuptials. —

Abby Ellin, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026 McMurtry Automotive Ten years since the company formed, the mad lads at McMurtry Automotive are bringing the record-setting Spéirling Pure hypercar to life. —

New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026 Even when rehearsals began at an old film studio in East London, Daldry and his creative team weren’t sure which lads would make the grade. —

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026 Mescal, Keoghan, Quinn, and Dickinson are each headlining their own respective Beatles film, which will dive deep into the minds of the Liverpudlian lads who changed music forever. —

Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026 Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks. —

Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026 George Martin became the world’s most legendary producer with the Beatles, the studio wizard who teamed up with four lads from Liverpool to transform music. —

Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2026

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Young boys, some no older than five or six, showed off their marksmanship by throwing reeds like spears with perfect accuracy, and the men demonstrated their precision with bow and arrow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Langston shared a personal story about a Fort Worth athlete who wanted to play football, and had to play tackle with boys before girls flag leagues started to pop up.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026