add

1. 1.

   a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

   Synonymsattention deficit disorderattention deficit hyperactivity disorderADHDhyperkinetic syndromeminimal brain dysfunctionminimal brain damageMBD

   Broadersyndrome

   Partshyperactivity

Other forms of add

plural

adds·

past tense

added·

present participle

adding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about add

What does add mean?

add means "make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in add?

add has 1 syllable: add. In IPA it is /ˈæd/.

What is another word for add?

Close synonyms include append, supply, lend, impart, bestow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of add?

The recorded antonyms are take away, subtract.

Is add a common word?

add is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with add?

5 words rhyme with add. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.