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Synonyms for lad

24 synonyms
3 meanings

noun

Most common

boy youth chap bloke schoolboy

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Boy

boy, chap, youth, bloke, fella, guy, feller, gent, fellow, cuss informal US, finger, blighter, cove, stripling dated

2. Sonny boy

sonny boy, laddie UK, cub, sony

3. Stable boy — A groom who works with horses

stable boy, stable lad

Other

young man, schoolboy, son, eshay slang AU

Definitions

n. 1
A groom who works with horses.
n. 2
A boy or young man.
n. 3
A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
I think he reckons he’s a bit of a lad.

Related words

Word family: laddie laddish laddism ladette ladlike ladsy
Phrases: lad of wax lad's love booking lad mad lad signal lad stable lad

Forms

Plural: lads → boys, chaps, youths, blokes…

Example sentences

boy That boy who is speaking English is taller than I.
youth My nephew was excused on the grounds of his youth.
chap That young chap is wearing a black scarf.
bloke But who was that bloke who forced his way in here?
schoolboy The last time I saw Tom, he was still a schoolboy.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
lad		rising
boy		rising
youth		steady
chap		rising
bloke		rising
schoolboy		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: guy¹, son¹, boy¹, cub¹
4 letters: sony², chap¹, cove¹, gent¹, cuss¹
5 letters: youth¹, bloke¹, fella², eshay
6 letters: fellow², finger², feller², laddie
8 letters: blighter
9 letters: schoolboy², stripling²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sony² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: gosselin