tad /tad/ (informal, esp N American)

1. A small amount
2. A little lad

• near misses
• nearness
• nearnesses
• near point
• nears
• nearside
• nearsides
• near-sighted
• near-sightedly
• near-sightedness
• near-silk
• near the bone
• near the knuckle
• near to one's heart
• near touch
• near-white
• neat
• neat-cattle
• neaten
• neatened
• neatening
• neatens
• neater
• neatest
• 'neath