tad

The word “tad” has 1 syllable: tad

It's pronounced as /tæd/


What is synonym and antonym for tad?

In the thesaurus, “tad” has 171 synonyms and 56 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for tad

  • ace
  • adolescent
  • angelface
  • atom
  • babe
  • bairn
  • bambino
  • basics
  • bit
  • bite
  • boy
  • boychick
  • boychik
  • boyo
  • bundle
  • bundle of joy
  • buttercup
  • button
  • callant
  • cherub
  • chick
  • chicken feed
  • child
  • chip
  • clipping
  • crawler
  • crumb
  • dab
  • dash
  • deduction
  • dividend
  • dose
  • dot
  • dram
  • driblet
  • drop
  • drop in the bucket
  • dumpling
  • elements
  • flake
  • fleck
  • flyspeck
  • fraction
  • fragment
  • gamin
  • glimmer
  • grain
  • granule
  • guttersnipe
  • handful
  • hint
  • hobbledehoy
  • hoot
  • imp
  • infant
  • iota
  • jot
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddo
  • kiddy
  • lad
  • laddie
  • lick
  • little
  • little angel
  • little bit
  • little child
  • little darling
  • little doll
  • little one
  • milksop
  • minim
  • minimum
  • minor
  • mite
  • modicum
  • molecule
  • mollycoddle
  • moppet
  • morsel
  • mote
  • neonate
  • newborn
  • nibble
  • nip
  • nipper
  • nubbin
  • nursling
  • ounce
  • papoose
  • paring
  • part
  • particle
  • patch
  • peanuts
  • pinch
  • portion
  • preemie
  • pushover
  • ray
  • rudiments
  • scattering
  • schoolboy
  • scintilla
  • scrap
  • scruple
  • section
  • semblance
  • shade
  • shadow
  • shard
  • shaveling
  • shaver
  • shaving
  • shiver
  • shot
  • shred
  • skosh
  • sliver
  • smack
  • small amount
  • small bit
  • small quantity
  • smatter
  • smattering
  • smell
  • smidge
  • smidgen
  • smidgeon
  • smidgin
  • smithereens
  • snap
  • sonny
  • spark
  • spatter
  • speck
  • splash
  • splinter
  • spot
  • sprinkling
  • squirt
  • strain
  • streak
  • stripling
  • suckling
  • suspicion
  • syllable
  • taste
  • tatter
  • teenager
  • tike
  • tittle
  • toddler
  • tot
  • touch
  • trace
  • tween
  • tyke
  • urchin
  • vestige
  • wee bit
  • whiff
  • whippersnapper
  • whisper
  • whit
  • young child
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth

Antonyms for tad

  • abundance
  • adolescent
  • adult
  • barrel
  • boatload
  • bonanza
  • bucket
  • bundle
  • bushel
  • chunk
  • deal
  • embarrassment
  • entirety
  • excess
  • fistful
  • glob
  • gobs
  • heaps
  • hunk
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • loads
  • lot
  • lump
  • mass
  • mess
  • mountain
  • much
  • oodles
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • oversupply
  • passel
  • peck
  • pile
  • plenty
  • potful
  • profusion
  • quantity
  • raft
  • reams
  • scads
  • slab
  • stack
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • surfeit
  • surplus
  • total
  • volume
  • wad
  • wealth
  • whole

Meanings of tad

  • noun
    1. A small amount; a little bit.
    2. A street boy; an urchin.

Example Sentences

  • She seemed tad hesitant before agreeing to join the adventure.
  • The recipe called for just a tad of salt to enhance the flavors.
  • He waited for a tad longer, hoping she would arrive soon.
  • The dress was a tad too tight, but she wore it with confidence.
  • The movie plot needed a tad more excitement to capture the audience's attention.

On this page you'll find 227 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tad, such as: abundance, ace, adolescent, adult, angelface, atom, babe.

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

Related Words

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babe

  • abecedarian
  • amateur
  • apprentice
  • baby
  • bairn
  • bambino
  • bantling
  • bathing beauty
  • beauty
  • beauty queen
  • beefcake
  • beginner
  • belle
  • boot
  • boy
  • candidate
  • charmer
  • cherub
  • child
  • colt
  • cookie
  • cooky
  • coquette
  • cover girl
  • cub
  • cutey
  • cutie
  • cutie-pie
  • dabbler
  • dilettante
  • dish
  • doll
  • dollface
  • dolly bird
  • dreamboat
  • enchantress
  • entrant
  • eyeful
  • femme fatale
  • fledgling
  • foundling
  • fox
  • freshman
  • girl
  • glamor girl
  • glamour-puss
  • goddess
  • good-looking woman
  • greenhorn
  • honey
  • hottie
  • houri
  • hoyden
  • hunk
  • imp
  • infant
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddo
  • kiddy
  • knockout
  • learner
  • little one
  • looker
  • lovely
  • minor
  • moppet
  • neonate
  • neophyte
  • newbie
  • newborn
  • newcomer
  • nipper
  • novice
  • novitiate
  • nursling
  • peach
  • pin-up
  • pinup girl
  • preemie
  • premie
  • pretty
  • probationer
  • punk
  • queen
  • recruit
  • rook
  • rookie
  • showstopper
  • siren
  • squirt
  • stud
  • student
  • stunner
  • suckling
  • superstud
  • tad
  • temptress
  • ten
  • tenderfoot
  • tike
  • toddler
  • tomato
  • tomboy
  • tot
  • trainee
  • tyke
  • tyro
  • urchin
  • vamp
  • virgin
  • whippersnapper
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth

babes

  • abecedarians
  • amateurs
  • apprentices
  • babies
  • bambini
  • bambinos
  • bantlings
  • bathing beauties
  • beauties
  • beauty queens
  • beefcakes
  • beginners
  • belles
  • boots
  • boys
  • candidates
  • charmers
  • cherubim
  • cherubs
  • children
  • colts
  • cookies
  • coquettes
  • cover girls
  • cubs
  • cuteys
  • cutie-pies
  • cuties
  • dabblers
  • dilettantes
  • dilettanti
  • dishes
  • dolls
  • dolly birds
  • dreamboats
  • enchantresses
  • entrants
  • eyefuls
  • femmes fatales
  • fledglings
  • foundlings
  • fox
  • foxes
  • freshmen
  • girls
  • glamour-pusses
  • goddesses
  • greenhorns
  • honeys
  • hotties
  • houris
  • hoydens
  • hunks
  • imps
  • infants
  • juveniles
  • kiddies
  • kiddos
  • kids
  • knockouts
  • learners
  • lookers
  • lovelies
  • minors
  • moppets
  • neonates
  • neophytes
  • newbies
  • newborn
  • newborns
  • newcomers
  • nippers
  • novices
  • novitiates
  • nurslings
  • peaches
  • pinup girls
  • preemies
  • premies
  • pretties
  • probationers
  • punks
  • queens
  • recruits
  • rookies
  • rooks
  • showstoppers
  • sirens
  • squirts
  • students
  • studs
  • stunners
  • sucklings
  • superstuds
  • tads
  • temptresses
  • tenderfeet
  • tenderfoots
  • tens
  • tikes
  • toddlers
  • tomboys
  • tots
  • trainees
  • tykes
  • tyros
  • urchins
  • vamps
  • virgins
  • whippersnappers
  • younglings
  • youngsters
  • youths

babies

  • accomplishments
  • achievements
  • acquirements
  • appeases
  • arrivals
  • attainments
  • babes
  • baby
  • bambini
  • bambinos
  • bantlings
  • bawlers
  • beings
  • bellyachers
  • birds
  • bleaters
  • blockbusters
  • bodies
  • bods
  • boys
  • brethren
  • brood
  • brothers
  • celebrities
  • characters
  • cherubim
  • cherubs
  • children
  • cockers
  • coddles
  • complainers
  • completions
  • conquests
  • consummations
  • contents
  • cookies
  • cossets
  • coups
  • crabs
  • creatures
  • crybabies
  • culminations
  • customers
  • dandles
  • deeds
  • delights
  • devils
  • ducks
  • eggs
  • executions
  • faces
  • family
  • feats
  • fellowmen
  • fellows
  • fish
  • fishes
  • foundlings
  • fruitions
  • fulfillments
  • fulfilments
  • fussbudgets
  • fussers
  • fusspots
  • gains
  • girls
  • gladdens
  • gratifies
  • gripers
  • grumblers
  • grumps
  • guys
  • heads
  • hits
  • hominids
  • homos
  • hoydens
  • human beings
  • humanoids
  • humans
  • humors
  • implementations
  • imps
  • individuals
  • indulges
  • infants
  • issue
  • jackpots
  • juveniles
  • kiddies
  • kiddos
  • kids
  • kvetchers
  • kvetches
  • litter
  • little ones
  • lives
  • malcontents
  • megahits
  • men
  • minors
  • miracles
  • moaners
  • mollifies
  • mollycoddles
  • moppets
  • mortals
  • mothers
  • neighbors
  • neonates
  • newborn
  • newborns
  • nippers
  • nurses
  • nurslings
  • obliges
  • offspring
  • pacifies
  • pampers
  • parties
  • people
  • performances
  • personages
  • personalities
  • placates
  • pleases
  • preemies
  • premies
  • progeny
  • realizations
  • satisfies
  • scouts
  • screamers
  • selves
  • skills
  • slobs
  • smashes
  • snivelers
  • somebodies
  • sons of man
  • soothes
  • sorts
  • souls
  • specimens
  • spoils
  • squawkers
  • squirts
  • stiffs
  • successes
  • sucklings
  • tads
  • things
  • tikes
  • toddlers
  • tomboys
  • tots
  • triumphs
  • tykes
  • urchins
  • victories
  • wailers
  • weepers
  • wet-nurses
  • whiners
  • whippersnappers
  • wights
  • winners
  • wins
  • younglings
  • youngsters
  • youths

baby

  • Lilliputian
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • acquirement
  • angelface
  • appease
  • arrival
  • atomic
  • attainment
  • babe
  • bairn
  • bambino
  • bantling
  • bawler
  • being
  • bellyacher
  • bird
  • bitsy
  • bitty
  • bleater
  • blockbuster
  • bod
  • body
  • boy
  • brother
  • bundle
  • buttercup
  • button
  • cater to
  • celebrity
  • character
  • cherish
  • cherub
  • chick
  • child
  • cocker
  • coddle
  • complainer
  • completion
  • conquest
  • consummation
  • content
  • cookie
  • cooky
  • cosset
  • coup
  • crab
  • crawler
  • creature
  • crybaby
  • cuddle
  • culmination
  • customer
  • dandle
  • deed
  • delight
  • devil
  • diminutive
  • dinky
  • dote on
  • duck
  • dumpling
  • dwarf
  • dwarfish
  • egg
  • elfin
  • execution
  • face
  • feat
  • fellow
  • fellowman
  • fish
  • foster
  • foundling
  • fruition
  • fulfillment
  • fulfilment
  • fussbudget
  • fusser
  • fusspot
  • gain
  • girl
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • griper
  • grumbler
  • grump
  • guy
  • half-pint
  • head
  • hit
  • hominid
  • homo
  • hoyden
  • human
  • human being
  • humanoid
  • humor
  • imp
  • implementation
  • individual
  • indulge
  • infant
  • infinitesimal
  • insignificant
  • itsy-bitsy
  • itty-bitty
  • jackpot
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddo
  • kiddy
  • kvetch
  • kvetcher
  • life
  • little
  • little angel
  • little bitty
  • little darling
  • little doll
  • little one
  • malcontent
  • man
  • megahit
  • micro
  • microminiature
  • microscopic
  • microscopical
  • mini
  • miniature
  • minikin
  • minor
  • minuscule
  • minute
  • miracle
  • moaner
  • model
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • moppet
  • mortal
  • mother
  • neighbor
  • neonate
  • newborn
  • nipper
  • nurse
  • nursling
  • oblige
  • overindulge
  • pacify
  • pamper
  • papoose
  • party
  • performance
  • person
  • personage
  • personality
  • pet
  • petite
  • pint-size
  • pint-sized
  • placate
  • please
  • pocket
  • pocket-size
  • pocket-sized
  • preemie
  • premie
  • puny
  • pygmy
  • realization
  • satisfy
  • scaled-down
  • scout
  • screamer
  • scrubby
  • self
  • serve
  • skill
  • slob
  • small
  • small-scale
  • smallish
  • smash
  • sniveler
  • somebody
  • son of man
  • soothe
  • sort
  • soul
  • specimen
  • spoil
  • squawker
  • squirt
  • stiff
  • success
  • suckling
  • tad
  • teensy
  • teensy-weensy
  • teeny
  • teeny-weeny
  • thing
  • tike
  • tiny
  • toddler
  • tomboy
  • tot
  • toy
  • triumph
  • tyke
  • undersize
  • undersized
  • urchin
  • victory
  • wailer
  • wee
  • weensy
  • weeny
  • weeper
  • wet-nurse
  • whiner
  • whippersnapper
  • wight
  • win
  • winner
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth

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