cad

Meaning

1. A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.
2. (archaic) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; a bus conductor.
3. (Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang) An idle hanger-on about innyards.

Synonyms

scoundrel

dog

🐕

bounder

hound

lout

blackguard

boor

heel

dirty dog

peasant

pleb

rod

scallywag

stick

villain

🦹‍♂️

walking stick

yob

Computer Aided Design

bastard

baton, cane

baton

billy

cane

churl

clown

club

cudgel

Translations

goujat

ploert

sinvergüenza

penques

Lümmel

🧑‍🌾

murri

Stab

barrut

Stecken

Stock, Stecken, Stab

Rüpel Grobian

παληάνθρωπος

παλιάνθρωπος

Schuft

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kæd/

Etymology

Short for caddie, from Scots, from French cadet, from dialectal capdet (“chief, captain”), from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput (“head”).