tad

Meaning

  1. (informal) A small amount; a little bit.
  2. (US, dated, slang) A street boy; an urchin.

Synonyms

a bit
child
A1
🧒
shade
C1
slightly
B2
smidgen
a trifle
boy
A1
👦
vaguely
C2
dash
C1
💨
daughter
A1
descendant
C2
faintly
C2
infant
C1
kid
A1
🧒
mildly
C2
modestly
33k
pinch
C1
progeny
31k

a notch

tiny amount

triffle

some
A1
somewhat
C1
son
A1
soupcon
speck
C2
spot
A2
subtly
29k
tot
23k
trace
B1
trifle
C2
a little

a little bit

babe
B1
baby
A1
👶
bit
A1
Translations

tantinet

po’

beetje
tanto
filla

ein bisschen

ولد
🐻
Tochter
fill

γιος

κόρη

παιδί

enfant
🧒
fille
👧
Sohn
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tæd/
Etymology

1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.

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