Lad

Definitions: Lad

Lad

Noun

1. A boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss".

2. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "lad" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

LAD

LAD

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Lad

Infant

Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle.

Crosswords: Lad

Danish (let), Scottish (a mill lead).

And now I'm thinking that your suggestion of transferring Santiago, while expeditious, and certainly painless, might not be in a manner of speaking, the American way. Santiago stays where he is. We're gonna train the lad. You're in charge, Jon. Santiago doesn't make 4,6 - 4,6 on his next fitness report, I'm gonna blame you. Then I'm going to kill you. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin. Based on the play by Aaron Sorkin.)

It's luck you live by lad let's hope it lasts the night. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Ah, little lad, you're staring at my fingers. (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb)

Ah, forget it, lad. You'd like as have angels fly out of your arse as get next to the likes of her. (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron)

Well, a lad that size swallowing all that detergent. (Stuart Little; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

The lad and the lasses together were sportin' ("Factory Girl"; performing artist: The Roches)

Flying Sword and the Smart Lad (1970)

A Lad in Baghdad (1968)

Brave Lad of Guangdong (1950)

The Lad (1935)

A Lad an' a Lamp (1932)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Likely Lad (reference)

• A Shropshire Lad (Dover Thrift Editions) (reference)

• Automating With Step 7 in Lad and Fbd: Programmable Controllers Simatic S7-300/400 (reference)

• Lad, a Dog: Lad to the Rescue (Hello Reader. Level 4) (reference)

• Li Lun, Lad of Courage (The Newbery Honor Roll) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Arc the Lad - Hunters and Monsters (Vol. 1) (reference)

• Arc the Lad - Wanted (Vol. 3) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Only a Lad (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The fish hurried up by the dozens, All ready and eager to bite, For the lad that he flung was so tender and young, It quite gave them an appetite.

He struggles, shakes his little wings, and still tries to fly away, but the lad capering about, laughs with a Satanic laughter.

All my retinue was that poor lad for an interpreter, whom I persuaded into my service, and at my humble request, we had each of us a mule to ride on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

LAD typically manifests itself in infancy. (references)

Treatment of LAD begins with early and aggressive therapy of infections with antibiotics. (references)

Children with LAD are prey to severe infections caused by bacteria and fungi, especially infections of the soft tissues. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "lad": stable lad ♦ young lad. Additional references.

Beginning with "lad": Lad-princess.

Ending with "lad": farm-lad, fella-me-lad, feller-me-lad, fellow-me-lad, Jack-the-lad, pit-lad, stable-lad.

Afrikaan

seun (boy, laddie, son). (various references)

Albanian

djalë (boy, chap, child, egg, fella, fellow, Jack, Johnny, loon, man child, son, Walla, youngster). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فتي (beggar, guy, young man, youthful), ‏فتى (adolescent, boy, bugger, scout, sprig, young man, youngish, youngster, youth), ‏ولد صغير (imp, sonny, tike, urchin), ‏ولد (baby, bear, beget, born, boy, breed, bring forth, deliver, engender, fall, father, generate, germinate, give birth, infant, interpolate, junior, kid, mother, originate, produce, see the light, sire, son, spawn), ‏عيل (kid), ‏طفل (bairn, chick, child, chit, clay, infant, kid, nipper, paederast, pederast, small boy, squirt, tad, tot, tyke, young), ‏صبي (boy, gamin, guy, sapling, shaver, son, tad), ‏رجل (bloke, boy, buck, chap, gent, go on foot, leg, male, man, pin), ‏شاب (admix, boy, chap, contaminate, sprig, stud, tinge, young, young man, youngster, youth, youthful). (various references)

Bulgarian 

юначага, хаймана (botcher, sad dog, scamp, scapegrace, vagabond), момък (chap, chappie, egg, fish, kipper, laddie, young man), момче (boy, bud, chap, chappy, fellow, gossoon, guy, kid, knave, laddie, loon, man child, son of adam, urchin), младеж (adolescent, juvenile, stripling, young man, youngster, younker). (various references)

Catalan

noi (boy). (various references)

Chinese 

小伙子 (young fellow, youngster). (various references)

Czech

mladík (boy, chap, laddie, stripling, young man, youngster, youths), mládenec (youths), kluk (bloke, boy, fellow, guy, Jack, knave, son, youngster), kamarád (boyfriend, buddy, chum, Comrade, crony, fellow, friend, mate, old boy, pal, sport), jinoch (adolescent), hoch (boy, laddie), chlapec (boy, date, laddie, man, son, youngster). (various references)

Danish

dreng (boy). (various references)

Dutch

knaap (boy, laddie), jongen (boy, laddie). (various references)

Faeroese

drongur (boy, page). (various references)

Farsi 

پسربچه (Boy, Callan, Page, Youngster), جوانک (Callan, Chap, Sprig, Youngling, Youngster). (various references)

Finnish

poika (boy, son). (various references)

French

gosse (lass), garçon. (various references)

Frisian

jonge (boy), boai (boy). (various references)

German

Knabe (boy, laddie), Junge (boy, chap, cub, fellow, guy, Jack, kid, kitten, knave, laddie, male child, nestling, offspring, oh boy!, pup, puppy, young, young one, youngster), bursche (attendant, bloke, boy, chap, dwarf, fellow, guy, kid, laddie, orderly, servant). (various references)

Greek 

μειράκιο (shaver). (various references)

Hawaiian

djalë (boy). (various references)

Hebrew 

עלם (sprig, stripling, youngster, youth), בחור (chap, fellow, guy, young man, youngster), צעיר (junior, juvenile, young, young man, youngster), � ער (boy, child, laddie, stripling, youngster, youth). (various references)

Hungarian

fiú (boy, bub, bucko, buster, groom, hard case, he, son, yob, yobbo), legény (gill, mate, stripling), ifjú (juvenile, stripling, youngster, youthful). (various references)

Icelandic

strákur (boy), piltur (boy), drengur (boy). (various references)

Indonesian

anak laki-laki (boy). (various references)

Italian

ragazzo (boy, boyfriend, children, guy, Jack, kid, nipper, youngster, youth). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

若者 (young man, youth). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

わかもの (young man, youth), じゅし (greenhorn, resin, rosin, sprout, stripling). (various references)

Korean 

소년 (Boy). (various references)

Lombard

giovinòtt (boy). (various references)

Manx

stuggey (half grown girl, lump, lumper; small piece of land, small hill on a hill), scollag (boy, scholar, stripling, youngster, youth), guilley (batman, boy, caddie, follower, henchman, lackey, linkman, nipper, page, satellite, tool, usher, verger, young male servant). (various references)

Norwegian

gutt (boy). (various references)

Papiamen

chabalitu (boy), chabalito (boy). (various references)

Pig Latin

adlay.(various references)

Polish

chłopiec. (various references)

Portuguese

rapaz (Bob, boy, fellow citizen, go-soon, guy, he, house-boy, jockey, laddie, sapling, stripling, youngling, youngster), menino (boy, child, infant, kid, laddie, little boy). (various references)

Romanian

tânãr (adolescent, boy, childish, colt, juvenile, kid, male, shaver, stripling, young, youngster, youth, youthful), flãcãu (bachelor, chap, fellow, guy, laddie, scout, Swain, young, youth), fecior (boy, footboy, son, valet), båiat (boy), bãieţaş (brat, chit, laddie, nipper, shrimp, urchin), bãiat (beggar, boy, caddie, chap, child, fellow, guy, Jack, scout, son, youngster, youth). (various references)

Russian 

парень (bloke, bod 1, boy, chap, cove, cuss, duck, fellow, gossoon, guy, josser, kid, loon, scout, swain). (various references)

Scottish

gille (boy, man-servant, youth), balach (boy, clown, fellow). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

momak (bachelor, boy, boyfriend, bugger, chap, gossoon, guy, jack, skate, sport), mladić (bachelor, sapling, stripling, youngster). (various references)

Spanish

muchacho (boy, Cully, laddie, servant, youngster), chico (bairn, boy, chap, chigoe, child, fellow, infant, junior, kid, laddie, little, Matey, small). (various references)

Sranan

boy (boy). (various references)

Swedish

pojke (boy, laddie), gosse (boy, Johnny), yngling (boy, stripling, young man, youngling, youth). (various references)

Tagalog

bátang laláki (boy). (various references)

Thai

เ�"็กหนุ่ม (chield, laddie), คนเลี้ยงม้า (groom). (various references)

Turkish

seyis yamağı (stableboy), oğlan (boy, catamite, laddie, nipper), erkek çocuk (boy, laddie, man child, shaver, young shaver), delikanlı (a slip of a boy, adolescent, boy, conceited pup, gossoon, juvenescent, killer, laddie, palikar, pup, puppy, sapling, sprig, stripling, teen, teenager, teeny, whelp, young man, youngster, youth), çoçuk (boy). (various references)

Ukranian 

юнак (adolescent, adult, juvenile, shaveling, sprig, stripling, yearling, youngling, youngster, younker, youth), хлопець (boche, bod, boy, chap, dog, duck, fellow, youngster). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chú bé chú coi chu�"ng ngựa, ch� ng trai. (various references)

Welsh

llencyn (adolescent, stripling), llanc (young man, youth), hogyn (boy, laddie), gwas (boy, servant), bachgennyn (little boy, youngster). (various references)

Yucatec

xi'paal (boy), paal (bairn, boy, child, infant, son). (various references)

Zulu

umfana (boy). (various references)

paidion. (various references)

adulescens, puer, pueri, pueris, puero, puerorum, puerorumque, pueros, puerosque, puerum, pusio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "lad": ladanum, ladanums, ladder, laddered, laddering, ladderlike, ladders, laddie, laddies, lade, laded, laden, ladened, ladening, ladens, lader, laders, lades, ladies, lading, ladings, ladino, ladinos, ladle, ladled, ladleful, ladlefuls, ladler, ladlers, ladles, ladling, ladron, ladrone, ladrones, ladrons, lads, lady, ladybird, ladybirds, ladybug, ladybugs, ladyfinger, ladyfingers, ladyfish, ladyfishes, ladyhood, ladyhoods, ladyish, ladykin, ladykins, ladylike, ladylove, ladyloves, ladypalm, ladypalms, ladyship, ladyships. (additional references)

Words ending with "lad": ballad, beglad, cephalad, clad, glad, ironclad, overglad, reclad, salad, thinclad, triclad, unclad. (additional references)

Words containing "lad": accolade, accolades, amontillado, amontillados, ballade, balladeer, balladeers, ballades, balladic, balladist, balladists, balladries, balladry, ballads, begladded, begladding, beglads, beladied, beladies, belady, beladying, belladonna, belladonnas, bladder, bladderlike, bladdernut, bladdernuts, bladders, bladderwort, bladderworts, bladdery, blade, bladed, bladelike, blades, burladero, burladeros, caladium, caladiums, celadon, celadons, charladies, charlady, cladding, claddings, clade, clades, cladist, cladistic, cladistically, cladistics, cladists, cladoceran, cladocerans, cladode, cladodes, cladodial, cladogeneses, cladogenesis, cladogenetic, cladogenetically, cladogram, cladograms, cladophyll, cladophylla, cladophylls, cladophyllum, clads, defilade, defiladed, defilades, defilading, degringolade, degringolades, enchilada, enchiladas, enfilade, enfiladed, enfilades, enfilading, escalade, escaladed, escalader, escaladers, escalades, escalading, everglade, everglades, foreladies, forelady, fusillade, fusillades, gallbladder, gallbladders, gelada, geladas, gladded, gladden, gladdened, gladdening, gladdens, gladder, gladdest, gladding, glade, glades, gladiate, gladiator, gladiatorial, gladiators, gladier, gladiest, gladiola, gladiolas, gladioli, gladiolus, gladioluses, gladlier, gladliest, gladly, gladness, gladnesses, glads, gladsome, gladsomely, gladsomeness, gladsomenesses, gladsomer, gladsomest, gladstone, gladstones, glady, grillade, grillades, ironclads, landladies, landlady, maladaptation, maladaptations, maladapted, maladaptive, maladies, maladjusted, maladjustive, maladjustment, maladjustments, maladminister, maladministered, maladministering, maladministers, maladministration, maladministrations, maladroit, maladroitly, maladroitness, maladroitnesses, malady, maquiladora, maquiladoras, marmalade, marmalades, miladi, miladies, miladis, milady, multibladed, oeillade, oeillades, overlade, overladed, overladen, overlades, overlading, paladin, paladins, palladia, palladic, palladium, palladiums, palladous, philadelphus, philadelphuses, phylloclade, phylloclades, remolade, remolades, roulade, roulades, saladang, saladangs, salads, salesladies, saleslady, scalade, scalades, scalado, scalados, seladang, seladangs, stepladder, stepladders, switchblade, switchblades, thinclads, triclads, tuladi, tuladis, twayblade, twayblades, unlade, unladed, unladen, unlades, unlading, unladylike, villadom, villadoms, welladay, welladays. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alad, ald, aldo, Alyd, elaad, elad, laa, laat, lada, Laddh, Ladh, ladi, ladt, ladu, ladz, laf, Laj, lakd, lal, laq, lau, lawd, layd, Lazda, lcd, ledd, ledo, leld, lhd, Lhda, Lidl, lja, ljadi, ljadl, lod, lodd, lsd, Ltda, luad, lud, lvd, lyd, lza. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dal.

-1 letter: ad, al, la.

+1 letter: auld, bald, clad, dahl, dale, dals, deal, dhal, dial, dual, glad, lade, lads, lady, laid, land, lard, laud, lead, load, yald.

+2 letters: acold, addle, adult, ahold, ailed, aland, alcid, alder, aldol, algid, alkyd, allod, almud, aloud, axled, badly, balds, baldy, baled, blade, bland, cauld, clade, clads, dahls, daily, dales, dally, deals, dealt, decal, dedal, delay, delta, dhals, dials, dobla, dolma, domal, dotal, drail, drawl, duals, ducal, dulia, dural, eland, fauld, glade, glads, glady, gland, hadal, haled, halid, ideal, iliad, laced, laded, laden, lader, lades, ladle, laird, laked, lamed, lands, lards, lardy, lased, lated, lauds, laved, lawed, layed, lazed, leads, leady, liard, lidar, loads, lyard, madly, medal, modal, naled, nidal, nodal, padle, paled, pedal, plaid, plead, sadly, salad, scald, skald, tidal, ulnad, valid, waldo, waled, weald, woald, yauld.

+3 letters: acidly, addled, addles, adenyl, adults, aedile, afield, agedly, aholds, aidful, aisled, alands, alated, albedo, alcade, alcids, alders, aldols, aldose, aldrin, algoid, alidad, alined, aliped, alkyds, allied, allods, allude, almond, almude, almuds, alodia, aludel, ambled, amidol, aneled, angled, ankled, anodal, apodal, argled, aridly, ariled, audial, audile, aulder, avidly, bailed, balded, balder, baldly, balked, ballad, balled, bawled, beadle, bedlam, beglad, belady, belaud, beldam, bladed, blades, blamed, blared, blawed, blazed, bridal, cabled, calked, called, calmed, calved, candle, caudal, caudle, caulds, cedula, clades, clawed, clayed, coaled, colead, cradle, credal, dabble, dactyl, daddle, daedal, daftly, daggle, dahlia, dalasi, daledh, daleth, dalles, dalton, damply, damsel, dandle, dangle, dankly, dapple, darkle, darkly, darnel, dartle, dawdle, dayfly, daylit, dazzle, deadly, deafly, dealer, dearly, deasil, decals, declaw, deflea, delate, delays, delead, deltas, denial, dental, derail, dermal, desalt, detail, dewlap, dialed, dialer, dialog, dilate, dismal, distal, doable, doblas, dollar, dolman, dolmas, dorsal, dossal, drably, drails, drawls, drawly, dually, ductal, dulias, dyable, eidola, elands, elapid, elated, elodea, fabled, failed, fardel, faulds, feudal, flaked, flamed, flared, flawed, flayed, foaled, gabled, gadfly, galled, gaoled, gelada, glades, gladly, glands, glared, glazed, goaled, hailed, halide, halids, haloed, haloid, halted, halved, handle, hardly, hauled, healed, herald, holard, ideals, iliads, inlaid, inland, island, jailed, lacked, ladder, laddie, ladens, laders, ladies, lading, ladino, ladled, ladler, ladles, ladron, lagend, lagged, lairds, laired, lalled, lambda, lambed, lamedh, lameds, lammed, lampad, lamped, lanced, landau, landed, lander, lapdog, lapped, lapsed, larded, larder, lardon, larked, lashed, lasted, lathed, lauded, lauder, lazied, leaded, leaden, leader, leafed, leaked, leaned, leaped, leased, leaved, liards, lidars, ligand, lizard, loaded, loader, loafed, loamed, loaned, lurdan, macled, mailed, malady, malfed, malled, malted, marled, mauled, medals, medial, medlar, miladi, milady, nailed, naleds, ordeal, paddle, padles, palled, pallid, palmed, parled, pealed, pedalo, pedals, pedlar, placed, placid, plaids, planed, plated, played, pleads, pleiad, raddle, radial, radula, railed, reclad, redial, relaid, reload, ribald, saddle, sailed, salads, salpid, salted, salved, sandal, scalds, scaled, sealed, sendal, shaled, sialid, skalds, slaked, slated, slaved, slayed, soland, soldan, staled, suldan, tabled, tailed, talced, talked, tuladi, unclad, unlade, unlaid, unlead, unload, upland, upload, vailed, valued, valved, vandal, vealed, vialed, waddle, waddly, wadmal, wadmel, wadmol, wailed, walked, walled, wandle, wauled, wawled, wealds, whaled, woalds, yawled.

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