Lad

Noun

 * 1)  A boy or young man.
 * 2)  A jack the lad; a boyo.
 * I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.
 * 1) A familiar term of address for a young man.
 * 2) A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).

Related terms

 * ladette
 * laddie
 * laddish
 * lass
 * lassie

Adjectives for Lad
malicious; lethargic; raw; daring; sober gallant; joyous; vigorous; singular; loutish fine; gentlemanly; valiant; painstaking capable; ambitious; blithe; sensitive; sweet rosy; mad; delirious; promising; struggling.

Thesaurus
bastard, bird, boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, bugger, cat, chap, character, colt, cub, duck, feller, fellow, fledgling, guy, hobbledehoy, jasper, joker, laddie, manchild, master, muchacho, pup, puppy, schoolboy, son, sonny, sonny boy, stripling, stud, tad, whelp, young man, youth

Etymology
ladde:. Possibly cognate with lid:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: poika, poju
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: legény, srác, kölyök, fiú, siheder
 * Norwegian: ladd
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:


 * Hungarian: srác, fiú
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * German:


 * Scottish Gaelic:

Anagrams

 * ADL
 * dal
 * LDA

Adjective

 * 1) languid, lazy, indolent

Noun

 * 1) bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), eg. truckbed

Noun



 * 1) way, course
 * 2) passage, watercourse, lode
 * 3) carrying, bringing
 * 4) provision, sustenance

Descendants

 * English: load/lode

Noun

 * 1) exculpation, clearing of guilt or accusation, purgation
 * 2) defense against a charge, excuse

Derived terms

 * lādian
 * werlād

Etymology 1
. Cognate with Old High German leita: (German Leite:), Old Norse leið:.

Etymology 2
. Akin to lēde, lāde

Noun

 * 1) lad
 * 2) son
 * 3) menial
 * 4) male sweetheart

Alternative forms

 * laddie