Lad and Man

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Lad noun - An adult male human being.

Usage example: pass me another beer—will you, lad?

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Man is a synonym for lad in guy topic. In some cases you can use "Man" instead a noun "Lad".

Nearby Words: lade, lady

Man noun - An adult male human being.

Usage example: several men will be needed to dig up the old tree stump in the backyard

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Lad is a synonym for man (British) in guy topic. You can use "Lad" instead a noun "Man", if it concerns topics such as bloke. informal substitute

Nearby Words: manly, manful, manhood, manliness, manfully

old	old lad	old man
nice	nice lad	nice man
common	common lad	common man
ordinary	ordinary lad	ordinary man
Other adjectives: short, average, handsome, responsible, big, evil, little, innocent, attractive, decent, beautiful, new, angry, mysterious, last, older, giant, psychopathic, younger.

Character Development: Jim goes from being a rather whiny and foolish lad to a confident, Badass young man.

Source: Film / The Man from Snowy River
Man: Mmmmm, yes, sounds rather like the sort of thing the brash lad might get up to.

Source: Webcomic / Awful Hospital
Captain Jane Roland might be an example of a Manette - which is to say, she has traits of The Lad-ette, but rather than acting like a stereotypical young man acts like an adult man, showing an easy emotional maturity most Lad-ettes don't.

Source: The Lad-ette

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