bad

The word “bad” has 1 syllable: bad.

It's pronounced as /bæd/.

What is synonym and antonym for bad?

In the thesaurus, “bad” has 74 synonyms and 119 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bad along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for bad

adverse
atrocious
awful
badly
bitter
cheap
corrupted
cruel
crummy
damaging
dangerous
dark
defective
deficient
depressed
detrimental
disastrous
disgusting
distressing
dreadful
evil
flawed
grim
harmful
harsh
hateful
heartbroken
horrible
illegal
immoral
imperfect
inferior
intense
invalid
lame
lousy
malicious
melancholy
mischievous
miserable
nasty
naughty
null
null and void
painful
poor
poorly
putrid
rotten
rough
sad
serious
sick
sinful
sorry
sour
spoiled
terrible
ugly
unacceptable
unfavorable
unfortunate
unhappy
unhealthy
unlawful
unpleasant
unpleasing
upset
vicious
vile
void
wicked
worried
wrong

Antonyms for bad

acceptable
acceptably
adequate
adequately
advantageous
agreeable
all right
behaved
beneficial
benevolent
benign
better
blissful
buoyant
buoyed
cheerful
cheery
classic
classical
clean
compliant
complying
correct
decent
delighted
divine
dutiful
ecstatic
entire
ethical
euphoric
excellent
excited
exuberant
favorable
fine
first-class
fresh
glad
gleeful
good
grateful
great
happy
harmless
healthful
healthy
high
honest
honorable
innocent
innocuous
inoffensive
jolly
jovial
joyful
joyous
jubilant
just
kind
legal
legitimate
loving
lucky
marvelous
mean
merry
mild
moral
morality
nice
nicely
noble
obedient
ok
okay
optimistic
orderly
passable
perfect
pleasant
pleasing
pleasurable
proper
rapturous
respectable
right
righteous
safe
satisfactorily
satisfactory
satisfying
so-so
sophisticated
sound
special
splendid
standard
sublime
sufficient
sunny
superb
superior
sweet
sympathetic
terrific
tolerable
tolerably
upbeat
useful
valid
virtue
virtuous
warm
welcome
well
whole
wholesome
wonderful

Meanings of bad

noun
1. Error, mistake.
2. An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
adjective
1. Unfavorable; negative; not good.
2. Not suitable or fitting.
3. Not appropriate, of manners etc.
4. Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
5. Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
6. Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
7. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
8. Evil; wicked.
9. Faulty; not functional.
10. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
11. (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
12. False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
13. Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
14. Of poor physical appearance.
15. Bold and daring.
16. Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
17. (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
18. Overly promiscuous, licentious.
19. (of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
adverb
1. Badly.
adjective
1. Fantastic.
verb
1. To issue a command; to tell.
2. To invite; to summon.
3. To utter a greeting or salutation.
4. To shell (a walnut).

Example Sentences

Bad weather forced the cancellation of the outdoor event.
Eating too much junk food can lead to bad health outcomes.
She had a bad feeling about the outcome of the meeting.
The movie received bad reviews from critics but still attracted a large audience.
He made a bad decision by investing all his savings in the failing company.

On this page you'll find 193 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bad, such as: acceptable, acceptably, adequate, adequately, advantageous, adverse, agreeable.

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