gad

/ɡˈæd/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
2. a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
   “cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on”

verb

1. wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

Synonyms for gad

• generalized anxiety disorder
• anxiety reaction
• spur
• gallivant
• jazz around

Words that rhyme with gad

• bad
• pad
• add
• glad
• chad
• mad
• triad
• comrade
• ironclad
• sad
• ad
• brad
• cad
• clad
• grad
• lad
• rad
• shad
• dad
• doodad
• dyad
• fad
• grandad
• granddad
• keypad
• nomad
• notepad
• plaid
• scad
• tad