cad
1 of 2noun
ˈkad 
1
: a bus conductor
2
: a man who acts with deliberate disregard for another's feelings or rights
a selfish cad
CAD
2 of 2abbreviation
1
computer-aided design
2
coronary artery disease
Synonyms
Noun
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- swine
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun He is a cad, not a gentleman. he's the type of cad who readily bad-mouths every girl who's ever dumped him
Recent Examples on the Web
Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 May 2022 Amid a flurry of explosions that sounded like gunfire, several black-cad youths in balaclavas are seen shooting fireworks out of a tube and hauling off filming equipment including several black cases and a boom mic. Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2022 Quaid is a charming cad, but Erskine is the real star, never letting Alice become an easy stereotype of the 20-something sad sack looking to have it all. David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2021 Herbert had a reputation as a patron of the arts and was something of a cad. V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021 Scovel, too, is just right, a cad who is a reckless little boy. BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021 Tony Stark actually was a cad - 2021 would cancel his 2008 self - and Far From Home sanitizes his memory. Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 June 2021 Even casually substituting a zinc- or cad-plated bolt or washer for an unplated one calls for, respectively, a 15 or 25 percent reduction in applied torque, because the plating acts as a lubricant. Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 May 2021 In the film, which was directed by Elaine May with a screenplay by Neil Simon, Mr. Grodin played a cad who, while on his honeymoon, falls in love with another woman, played by Cybill Shepherd. Washington Post, 18 May 2021 See More
Noun
Clare learns to love his chaos while renovating him into a nicer cad. Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 May 2022 Amid a flurry of explosions that sounded like gunfire, several black-cad youths in balaclavas are seen shooting fireworks out of a tube and hauling off filming equipment including several black cases and a boom mic. Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2022 Quaid is a charming cad, but Erskine is the real star, never letting Alice become an easy stereotype of the 20-something sad sack looking to have it all. David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2021 Herbert had a reputation as a patron of the arts and was something of a cad. V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021 Scovel, too, is just right, a cad who is a reckless little boy. BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021 Tony Stark actually was a cad - 2021 would cancel his 2008 self - and Far From Home sanitizes his memory. Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 June 2021 Even casually substituting a zinc- or cad-plated bolt or washer for an unplated one calls for, respectively, a 15 or 25 percent reduction in applied torque, because the plating acts as a lubricant. Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 May 2021 In the film, which was directed by Elaine May with a screenplay by Neil Simon, Mr. Grodin played a cad who, while on his honeymoon, falls in love with another woman, played by Cybill Shepherd. Washington Post, 18 May 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
English dialect, unskilled assistant, short for Scots caddie
First Known Use
Noun
1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
CAD
abbreviation
coronary artery disease
cads
noun
as in bastards
a person whose behavior is offensive to others he's the type of cad who readily bad-mouths every woman who's ever dumped him Synonyms & Similar Words
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- bastards
- jerks
- dogs
- clowns
- jokers
- skunks
- bounders
- brutes
- boors
- idiots
- skunk
- villains
- rats
- morons
- louts
- rotters
- scumbags
- creeps
- beasts
- toads
- dirtbags
- vermin
- brats
- buggers
- stinkers
- schmucks
- curs
- cretins
- blighters
- swine
- louses
- snakes
- varmints
- finks
- reptiles
- churls
- bleeders
- pills
- scums
- fools
- sleazeballs
- sods
- barbarians
- heels
- sleazebags
- slimeballs
- hounds
- scoundrels
- so-and-sos
- buzzards
- slimes
- nuisances
- stinkards
- nerds
- sons of guns
- savages
- sleazes
- slobs
- scuzzballs
- cruds
- rogues
- lowlifes
- vulgarians
- wretches
- rascals
- so-and-so's
- chuffs
- loudmouths
- crumbs
- dolts
- rat finks
- roughnecks
- cavemen
- dopes
- scamps
- nuts
- blockheads
- imbeciles
- ninnies
- lowlives
- airheads
- miscreants
- snobs
- dinks
- nincompoops
- doofuses
- jackasses
- goons
- scabs
- dorks
- nitwits
- snots
- schmoes
- dweebs
- boobies
- turkeys
- pests
- nits
- dufuses
- birdbrains
- half-wits
- Neanderthals
- snips
- insolents
- snoots
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- heroes
- ladies
- gentlemen
- heroines
- idols
- saints
- angels
- role models