bad

The word “bad” has 1 syllable: bad.

It's pronounced as /bæd/.


What is synonym and antonym for bad?

In the thesaurus, “bad” has 74 synonyms and 119 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bad along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for bad

  • adverse
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • badly
  • bitter
  • cheap
  • corrupted
  • cruel
  • crummy
  • damaging
  • dangerous
  • dark
  • defective
  • deficient
  • depressed
  • detrimental
  • disastrous
  • disgusting
  • distressing
  • dreadful
  • evil
  • flawed
  • grim
  • harmful
  • harsh
  • hateful
  • heartbroken
  • horrible
  • illegal
  • immoral
  • imperfect
  • inferior
  • intense
  • invalid
  • lame
  • lousy
  • malicious
  • melancholy
  • mischievous
  • miserable
  • nasty
  • naughty
  • null
  • null and void
  • painful
  • poor
  • poorly
  • putrid
  • rotten
  • rough
  • sad
  • serious
  • sick
  • sinful
  • sorry
  • sour
  • spoiled
  • terrible
  • ugly
  • unacceptable
  • unfavorable
  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • unhealthy
  • unlawful
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • upset
  • vicious
  • vile
  • void
  • wicked
  • worried
  • wrong

Antonyms for bad

  • acceptable
  • acceptably
  • adequate
  • adequately
  • advantageous
  • agreeable
  • all right
  • behaved
  • beneficial
  • benevolent
  • benign
  • better
  • blissful
  • buoyant
  • buoyed
  • cheerful
  • cheery
  • classic
  • classical
  • clean
  • compliant
  • complying
  • correct
  • decent
  • delighted
  • divine
  • dutiful
  • ecstatic
  • entire
  • ethical
  • euphoric
  • excellent
  • excited
  • exuberant
  • favorable
  • fine
  • first-class
  • fresh
  • glad
  • gleeful
  • good
  • grateful
  • great
  • happy
  • harmless
  • healthful
  • healthy
  • high
  • honest
  • honorable
  • innocent
  • innocuous
  • inoffensive
  • jolly
  • jovial
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • jubilant
  • just
  • kind
  • legal
  • legitimate
  • loving
  • lucky
  • marvelous
  • mean
  • merry
  • mild
  • moral
  • morality
  • nice
  • nicely
  • noble
  • obedient
  • ok
  • okay
  • optimistic
  • orderly
  • passable
  • perfect
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pleasurable
  • proper
  • rapturous
  • respectable
  • right
  • righteous
  • safe
  • satisfactorily
  • satisfactory
  • satisfying
  • so-so
  • sophisticated
  • sound
  • special
  • splendid
  • standard
  • sublime
  • sufficient
  • sunny
  • superb
  • superior
  • sweet
  • sympathetic
  • terrific
  • tolerable
  • tolerably
  • upbeat
  • useful
  • valid
  • virtue
  • virtuous
  • warm
  • welcome
  • well
  • whole
  • wholesome
  • wonderful

Meanings of bad

  • noun
    1. Error, mistake.
    2. An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
  • adjective
    1. Unfavorable; negative; not good.
    2. Not suitable or fitting.
    3. Not appropriate, of manners etc.
    4. Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
    5. Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
    6. Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
    7. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
    8. Evil; wicked.
    9. Faulty; not functional.
    10. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
    11. (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
    12. False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
    13. Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
    14. Of poor physical appearance.
    15. Bold and daring.
    16. Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
    17. (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
    18. Overly promiscuous, licentious.
    19. (of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
  • adverb
    1. Badly.
  • adjective
    1. Fantastic.
  • verb
    1. To issue a command; to tell.
    2. To invite; to summon.
    3. To utter a greeting or salutation.
    4. To shell (a walnut).

Example Sentences

  • Bad weather forced the cancellation of the outdoor event.
  • Eating too much junk food can lead to bad health outcomes.
  • She had a bad feeling about the outcome of the meeting.
  • The movie received bad reviews from critics but still attracted a large audience.
  • He made a bad decision by investing all his savings in the failing company.

On this page you'll find 193 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bad, such as: acceptable, acceptably, adequate, adequately, advantageous, adverse, agreeable.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abominably

  • alarmingly
  • appallingly
  • awfully
  • awkwardly
  • badly
  • clumsily
  • disturbingly
  • dreadfully
  • horrendously
  • horribly
  • horridly
  • poorly
  • sickeningly
  • terribly
  • vilely

abysmally

  • atrociously
  • awfully
  • bad
  • badly
  • damnably
  • deplorably
  • disastrously
  • dreadfully
  • horrendously
  • horribly
  • horrifically
  • inadequately
  • poorly
  • terribly
  • unsatisfactorily

backchat

baddie

  • antagonist
  • antihero
  • bad guy
  • bad person
  • baddy
  • cad
  • criminal
  • crook
  • devil
  • knave
  • miscreant
  • monster
  • rascal
  • scoundrel
  • sinner
  • villain

baddies

  • antagonist
  • antihero
  • bad guy
  • bad person
  • baddy
  • brutes
  • cad
  • criminal
  • criminals
  • crook
  • devil
  • knave
  • miscreant
  • monsters
  • rascal
  • scoundrel
  • sinner
  • villain
  • villains

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