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- [skad]
- /skæd/
- /skæd/
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- [skad]
- /skæd/
Definitions of scad word
- noun plural scad any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters. 1
- noun plural scad any of several related carangid fishes, as of the genera Trachurus or Selar. 1
- noun scad Informal. a great number or quantity: scads of money. 1
- noun scad Archaic. a piece of money; dollar. 1
- noun scad any of various carangid fishes of the genus Trachurus, esp the horse mackerel 0
- noun scad any of various edible jack fishes (esp. genus Decapterus) 0
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Origin of scad
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Scad
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scad popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scad usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scad
noun scad
- a lot — lot (def 14).
- great deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- heap — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- million — a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- multiplicity — a large number or variety: a multiplicity of errors.
Antonyms for scad
noun scad
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- ditches — Plural form of ditch.
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- ones — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
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