Lad
ahd-5
noun.
A boy or young man.
noun.
A man of any age; a fellow.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A boy; a youth; a stripling: often used familiarly or affectionately in speaking of or to a man of any age.
noun.
A male sweetheart: correlative to
lass.
noun.
A servingman; a servant.
noun.
An obsolete preterit and past participle of
lead
.
noun.
A thong of leather; a shoe-latchet.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A boy; a youth; a stripling.
noun.
A companion; a comrade; a mate.
noun.
See Boy's love, under
Boy
.
p. p. of
lead
, to guide.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
boy
or
young man
.
noun.
A
jack the lad
; a
boyo
.
noun.
A familiar term of address for a
young man
.
noun.
A
groom
who works with
horses
(also called stable-lad).
noun.
The
penis
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
noun.
a boy or man
Word Usage
"If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."
Etymologically Related
laddie
laddish
ladette
lass
lassie
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
boy
male child
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Brad
Chad
Dad
Gad
Mossad
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
brother
chap
companion
cousin
creature
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bastard
bird
boy
boy
bub
variant
lead