LAD
Dictionary entry overview: What does lad mean?
• LAD (noun)
The noun LAD has 2 senses:
1. a boy or man
2. a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
Familiarity information: LAD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LAD (noun)
Meaning:
A boy or man
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fellow; fella; chap; lad; cuss; feller; blighter; gent
Context examples:
that chap is your host / there's a fellow at the door / he's a likable cuss
Hypernyms ("lad" is a kind of...):
male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lad"):
dog (informal term for a man)
Meaning:
A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
laddie; sonny; sonny boy; cub; lad
Hypernyms ("lad" is a kind of...):
boy; male child (a youthful male person)
