Definition of
Cad
- (noun, person) someone who is morally reprehensible
- (noun, communication) software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing
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Synonyms of Cad
blackguard, bounder, computer-aided design, dog, heel, hound
Alternate forms of Cad
Hyponyms: perisher
Hypernyms: computer software, package, scoundrel, software, software package, software program, software system, villain
Origin of the word Cad
- 1730, shortening of cadet (q.v.); originally used of servants, then (1831) of town boys by students at British universities and public schools (though at Cambridge it meant "snob"). Meaning "person lacking in finer feelings" is from 1838.
"A cad used to be a jumped-up member of the lower classes who was guilty of behaving as if he didn't know that his lowly origin ma… more
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Words that sound like Cad
c.o.d., cacatua, cachet, caddie, caddo, caddy, cadet, cahita, cahoot, cascade, case shot, case study, caseate, cased, cash out, cashed, casket, casquet, cassette, cassite, cassocked, cast, cast away, cast out, castaway, caste, casuist, cat, catha, cathay, cathaya, cathode, cattie, catty, caucasoid, cauda, caudata, caudate, caudated, cd
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