lad
[noun]
Synonyms: boy, fellow, guy (informal), juvenile, kid (informal), youngster, youth

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English Thesaurus: man, guy, gentleman, boy, lad, ...

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lad S2 W3 /læd/ noun [countable] British English
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language]

1. old-fashioned informal a boy or young man ⇒ lass:
a young lad
Things were different when I was a lad.

2. the lads spoken a group of male friends that a man works with or spends his free time with:
a night out with the lads
one of the lads (=a member of your group of friends)

3. a bit of a lad spoken a man that people like even though he behaves rather badly:
That Chris is a bit of a lad, isn’t he?

4. lad culture informal the way in which some young men behave, involving typically male activities such as drinking a lot of alcohol, driving fast cars, and watching football – used to show disapproval

5. (also stable lad) a boy or man who works with horses Synonym : stable boy
⇒ Jack the Lad

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

man an adult male human:
a young man
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
guy (also bloke/chap British English) informal a man:
She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar.
Alex is a really nice bloke.
gentleman formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man:
an elderly gentleman
Please could you serve this gentleman?
boy a young male person, usually a child or a teenager:
a teenage boy
lad old-fashioned informal a boy or young man:
When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.
youth a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval:
Gangs of youths roam the streets.
male formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The adjective male is much more common than the noun:
We are investigating the death of an unidentified male.
The condition is usually found only in males.
dude American English informal a man - a very informal use:
You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.
masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman:
He had a very masculine face.
masculine aggression
manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong:
He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.
It isn’t considered manly to cry.
In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.
He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval:
On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.
Stallone always plays macho men.
He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.

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