Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rad

/ɹæd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: rad
IPA: /ɹæd/

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Clipping of radical (“excellent”).

Dated; Slang

noun

A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray, that is, 1 centigray.

noun

Symbol for the radian, a unit of measure for angle.

noun

Clipping of radiator.

Slang

noun

Abbreviation of sight radius.

Slang

noun

Clipping of radical: a political radical.

noun

Initialism of role activity diagram.

Countable

noun

Initialism of rapid application development.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the Guinness Book of World-fucking-Records, man… under "Raddest Fucking Dude Alive"!"
"What is up, girly-friend? Holy shit, cuz. This is such a rad surprise."
"Near-synonyms: centigray, cGy (same physical quantity)"
"The women who work in it with me are all feminists, they're all rads, two of them are black belts in karate...I mean, they're major women."
"The recovery is still a work in progress, given the deadly storm’s massive impact on people across Western North Carolina and its devastation of two popular Asheville neighborhoods — the RAD (“rad”), as locals call it, and nearby Biltmore Village."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹæd/
British English: /ɹæd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

radder (comparative) raddest (superlative) rads (plural)

Derived Forms

Radelaide radness gigarad kilorad megarad microrad millirad

Phrases

k-rad rad-hard

Frequently Paired Words

deg grad mil rd gray Gy

Synonyms

amazing astounding awe-inspiring awesome awful sensational awesomesauce based beatific bewildering blissful celestial

Rhymes With

had bad add dad glad sad ad mad brad pad chad lad

Questions

How do you pronounce rad?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹæd/.
What does rad mean?: Clipping of radical (“excellent”).

How to pronounce rad

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