cad

Other forms of cad

plural

cads·

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 cad

What does cad mean?

cad means "someone who is morally reprehensible". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cad?

cad has 1 syllable: cad. In IPA it is /ˈkæd/.

What is another word for cad?

Close synonyms include bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel. 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.

Is cad a common word?

cad is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.