cad
noun
[ kad ]
• a man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards a woman.
• "her adulterous cad of a husband"
Similar:
scoundrel,
rogue,
rascal,
good-for-nothing,
reprobate,
unprincipled person,
cheat,
swindler,
fraudster,
trickster,
charlatan,
villain,
bastard,
beast,
son of a bitch,
SOB,
rat,
louse,
swine,
dog,
cur,
hound,
skunk,
heel,
snake,
snake in the grass,
wretch,
scumbag,
bad egg,
stinker,
scrote,
blighter,
sleeveen,
spalpeen,
rat fink,
rotter,
bounder,
ne'er-do-well,
blackguard,
miscreant,
knave,
dastard,
vagabond,
varlet,
wastrel,
rapscallion,
whoreson,
shit,
bugger,
motherfucker,
mother,
mofo,
Origin:
late 18th century (denoting a passenger picked up by the driver of a horse-drawn coach for personal profit): abbreviation of caddie or cadet.
CAD
abbreviation
• computer-aided design.
• Canadian dollar.
