Thesaurus results for LADDIE

laddie

noun

ˈla-dē

Definition of laddie

as in boy

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood not all the laddies in Scotland wear kilts, you know!

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Recent Examples of laddie Daddy loves his laddie to the moon and back! — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Linda Sanchez is the mother of the first-grade boy who hid under the table with his teacher.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The film ends in 1997 with a young African boy fleeing persecution into the same theater, drawing a parallel between past and present.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of boy

Noun

How do two middle-class lads in ratty threads, who might very well have both been played by Robert Pattinson, fast-track an appointment with Jesus?

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Marcus, however, showed a lot of grit and guts for a lad who was not expected to triumph.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of lad

Noun

Everyone thinks their kids’ slang is ridiculous and their parents’ politics naive.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Mitt reminds me of these famous sports dads — Earl Woods, Richard Williams, Marv Marinovich — who put a golf club or tennis racket or football in their kids’ cribs.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

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