tad
Plural: tads
Noun
- A small amount or degree; also, a small boy.
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- "a tad too expensive"
- "not a tad of difference"
- A small amount; a little bit.
- A street boy; an urchin.
Examples
- Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?
- If you need just a TAD more space for a bonus word, look for hooks in Scrabble.
Origin / Etymology
1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.
Synonyms
shade, ace, atom, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, dab, damn, dash, diddly, dot, drop, dusting, fleck, flip, flyspeck, gamin, glimpse, glint, grain, gurrier, guttersnipe, halfpennyworth, hint, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, scantling, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, semblance, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, street child, street urchin, tad, tidbit, tidge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, whiff, whit
Scrabble Score: 4
tad: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtad: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tad: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary