gad

The word “gad” has 1 syllable: gad

It's pronounced as /ɡæd/


What is synonym and antonym for gad?

In the thesaurus, “gad” has 47 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for gad

Antonyms for gad

  • be direct
  • go direct
  • stay

Meanings of gad

  • interjection
    1. An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.
  • noun
    1. One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
    2. A greedy and/or stupid person.
    3. A sharp-pointed object; a goad.
    4. A metal bar.
    5. A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
    6. An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, perhaps equivalent to the bloom, perhaps weighing around 100 pounds.
    7. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
    8. A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.
  • verb
    1. To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.

Example Sentences

  • Unable to sit still, he decided to gad around the city and explore.
  • During the weekend, they love to gad off to different places for a change of scenery.
  • Instead of working, she chose to gad about town with her friends.
  • The restless teenager often found reasons to gad outside and wander.
  • The group decided to gad to the beach for a spontaneous day trip.

On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gad, such as: ah, aha, be direct, come on, cruise, egad, fiddlesticks.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gadzooks

  • ah
  • aha
  • come on
  • egad
  • fiddlesticks
  • fie
  • gad
  • gee
  • gee whiz
  • ha
  • hello
  • hey
  • indeed
  • lo
  • my word
  • no
  • oh
  • oops
  • phooey
  • pooh
  • pshaw
  • the devil
  • the dickens
  • there
  • ugh
  • well
  • what
  • whoops
  • why
  • woops
  • zounds

take a walk

  • abandon
  • abdicate
  • abscond
  • adjourn
  • advance
  • amble
  • ambulate
  • apostatize
  • back out
  • bail
  • bail out
  • beat it
  • begone
  • blow
  • book
  • bow out
  • break faith
  • bug off
  • bug out
  • bugger off
  • canter
  • change sides
  • check out
  • chicken out
  • clear off
  • clear out
  • cop out
  • cut loose
  • cut out
  • decamp
  • depart
  • desert
  • dig out
  • discard
  • discontinue
  • ditch
  • drop
  • drop out
  • duck
  • dump
  • dust
  • emigrate
  • escape
  • escort
  • evacuate
  • exercise
  • exit
  • fall away from
  • file
  • flake out
  • flee
  • fly
  • fly the coop
  • foot
  • forsake
  • gad
  • get
  • get off
  • get out
  • give up
  • give up the ship
  • go
  • go away from
  • go back on
  • go off
  • go on foot
  • go out
  • go over
  • go over the fence
  • hang it up
  • hike
  • hit the road
  • hoof it
  • kiss goodbye
  • knock about
  • lapse
  • lead
  • leave
  • leave flat
  • leave hanging
  • leg
  • leg it
  • let go
  • light out
  • locomote
  • lumber
  • march
  • meander
  • mizzle
  • move
  • opt out
  • pace
  • pad
  • parade
  • part
  • patrol
  • peel off
  • perambulate
  • plod
  • prance
  • promenade
  • pull out
  • pull stakes
  • pull up stakes
  • push off
  • push on
  • quit
  • race
  • rat
  • rebel
  • reject
  • relinquish
  • remove
  • renege
  • renounce
  • resign
  • retire
  • retreat
  • revolt
  • roam
  • rove
  • run
  • run along
  • run away
  • run out
  • run out on
  • saunter
  • scarper
  • scat
  • schism
  • scram
  • screw
  • scuff
  • sell out
  • set out
  • shamble
  • ship out
  • shuffle
  • skip
  • slog
  • spurn
  • stalk
  • start
  • step
  • step out
  • stop
  • storm out
  • stride
  • strike out
  • stroll
  • strut
  • stump
  • surrender
  • take a powder
  • take off
  • tergiversate
  • tergiverse
  • throw over
  • toddle
  • tour
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • travel on foot
  • traverse
  • tread
  • trek
  • troop
  • trudge
  • turn
  • turn coat
  • vacate
  • vamoose
  • walk out
  • walk out on
  • wander
  • wash hands of
  • withdraw
  • yield

zounds

  • ah
  • aha
  • come on
  • egad
  • fiddlesticks
  • fie
  • gad
  • gadzooks
  • gee
  • gee whiz
  • ha
  • hello
  • hey
  • indeed
  • lo
  • my word
  • no
  • oh
  • oops
  • phooey
  • pooh
  • pshaw
  • the devil
  • the dickens
  • there
  • ugh
  • well
  • what
  • whoops
  • why
  • woops

egad

  • ah
  • aha
  • come on
  • cry
  • exclamation
  • expletive
  • fiddlesticks
  • fie
  • gad
  • gadzooks
  • gee
  • gee whiz
  • ha
  • hello
  • hey
  • indeed
  • insertion
  • interpolation
  • interposition
  • lo
  • my word
  • no
  • oh
  • oops
  • phooey
  • pooh
  • pshaw
  • shout
  • the devil
  • the dickens
  • there
  • ugh
  • well
  • what
  • whoops
  • why
  • woops
  • zounds

kick around

  • absorb
  • abuse
  • accumulate
  • aestivate
  • agitate
  • aim
  • altercate
  • amass
  • amble
  • analyze
  • answer
  • argue
  • aspire to
  • assay
  • assimilate
  • backbite
  • bandy
  • bash
  • bat
  • bat it around
  • be carried along
  • be in the saddle
  • bear down
  • beat a dead horse
  • beat down
  • believe
  • bend
  • bicker
  • bluster
  • boss around
  • brainstorm
  • brawl
  • bring to heel
  • bring to knees
  • brood over
  • browbeat
  • brutalize
  • build castles in air
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • bum
  • bump heads
  • bung up
  • burn
  • call it
  • call the shots
  • call the turn
  • canvass
  • cerebrate
  • challenge
  • chew on
  • chew over
  • chew the cud
  • chew the fat
  • chill
  • chop
  • clash
  • coast
  • coerce
  • cogitate
  • compel
  • conceive
  • conclude
  • confab
  • confute
  • conjecture
  • conquer
  • consider
  • consult
  • contemplate
  • contend
  • contest
  • contradict
  • controvert
  • cool out
  • cross swords
  • cruise
  • crush
  • dally
  • dance
  • dawdle
  • debate
  • deliberate
  • demonstrate
  • deny
  • design
  • differ
  • digest
  • dillydally
  • disaffirm
  • discept
  • discuss
  • disprove
  • dispute
  • do wrong
  • dominate
  • doodle
  • dope out
  • doubt
  • doze
  • draw near
  • drift
  • drone
  • dump on
  • enslave
  • entertain
  • enthrall
  • envisage
  • envision
  • estimate
  • estivate
  • evaluate
  • excogitate
  • expect
  • explore
  • eye
  • figure
  • figure out
  • flash on
  • flicker
  • flit
  • flitter
  • float
  • flow
  • flutter
  • fool
  • fool around
  • footle
  • force
  • foresee
  • fribble
  • furlough
  • gad
  • gainsay
  • galavant
  • gallivant
  • gather
  • get down to brass tacks
  • give black eye
  • go with the tide
  • go-that-a-way
  • goldbrick
  • gravitate
  • guess
  • guesstimate
  • gypsy
  • hammer away at
  • handle roughly
  • hang about
  • harass
  • harm
  • hash
  • hash over
  • hassle
  • have a hunch
  • have at
  • have at it
  • hazard a guess
  • head-trip
  • hector
  • henpeck
  • hibernate
  • hobo
  • hold sway
  • horse around
  • hover
  • hurt
  • hypothesize
  • idle
  • ill-treat
  • ill-use
  • imagine
  • impugn
  • injure
  • inspect
  • intend
  • interpret
  • intimidate
  • investigate
  • judge
  • keep under thumb
  • kick back
  • kill time
  • knock around
  • lag
  • laze
  • lazy
  • lead by the nose
  • linger
  • loaf
  • lock horns
  • loiter
  • loll
  • look at
  • lounge
  • malinger
  • maltreat
  • manhandle
  • maul
  • maunder
  • mean
  • meander
  • meditate
  • meditate on
  • menace
  • mess
  • mess around
  • mess over
  • mess up
  • mind
  • mishandle
  • mistreat
  • misuse
  • molest
  • monkey
  • mooch
  • moot
  • mope
  • mosey
  • muck
  • mull over
  • muse
  • muse over
  • negate
  • noodle around
  • observe
  • opine
  • oppose
  • oppress
  • outrage
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overthrow
  • percolate
  • perpend
  • persecute
  • pettifog
  • pick a bone
  • piddle
  • pipe-dream
  • play
  • poke
  • ponder
  • pour it on
  • predominate
  • preponderate
  • prevail
  • propose
  • prove
  • psych out
  • purpose
  • push around
  • push the buttons
  • put down
  • put on thinking cap
  • put up argument
  • quarrel
  • quell
  • question
  • quibble
  • rack brains
  • ramble
  • range
  • read
  • read between lines
  • reason
  • rebut
  • reduce
  • reel back in
  • reflect
  • reflect upon
  • refute
  • rehash
  • reign
  • relax
  • reminisce
  • resolve
  • rest
  • review
  • revolve
  • ride
  • rip
  • roam
  • roll
  • rough up
  • roughhouse
  • rove
  • rule
  • rule over
  • rule the roost
  • ruminate
  • run it up flagpole
  • run the show
  • run things
  • run up a flagpole
  • sail
  • sandbag
  • saunter
  • scheme
  • scrutinize
  • scud
  • second-guess
  • set to
  • shake up
  • size up
  • skim
  • slide
  • sort out
  • speculate
  • spell out
  • squabble
  • stew over
  • straggle
  • stray
  • stroll
  • study
  • subdue
  • suppose
  • suppress
  • surmise
  • suspect
  • swagger
  • swan
  • sweat over
  • take apart
  • take in
  • take on
  • talk back
  • talk game
  • talk over
  • tame
  • tarry
  • tend
  • test
  • think of
  • think through
  • thrash out
  • threaten
  • throw weight around
  • tinker
  • torment
  • torture
  • toss around
  • total
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • trash
  • trifle
  • triumph
  • truant
  • turn
  • turn over
  • tyrannize
  • vagabond
  • vanquish
  • veg out
  • victimize
  • violate
  • waft
  • wander
  • wash
  • wax
  • weigh
  • wonder
  • wound
  • wrangle
  • wrong

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