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 742 synonyms and 429 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for bad

Antonyms for bad

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 1171 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bad, such as: A1, OK, abetted, abhorrent, able-bodied, abominable, abominably.

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fab

  • 10
  • A-1
  • A-OK
  • A1
  • OK
  • able
  • abnormal
  • acceptable
  • aces
  • adept
  • adequate
  • admirable
  • adroit
  • agreeable
  • all right
  • amazing
  • ambitious
  • astonishing
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  • august
  • awe-inspiring
  • awesome
  • bad
  • bang-up
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  • beaming
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  • classic
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  • cool
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  • crack
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  • curious
  • dandy
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  • decent
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  • fat
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  • glittering
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  • good
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  • grand
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  • heavy
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  • high-class
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  • illustrious
  • immense
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  • jim-dandy
  • keen
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  • lofty
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  • mad
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  • main
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  • marvellous
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  • material
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  • mind-bending
  • mind-blowing
  • mind-boggling
  • miraculous
  • momentous
  • mondo
  • monster
  • monumental
  • neat
  • nice
  • nifty
  • noble
  • nonpareil
  • noteworthy
  • number one
  • numero uno
  • odd
  • off beaten path
  • okay
  • opulent
  • ornate
  • ostentatious
  • out of sight
  • out of the ordinary
  • out of this world
  • out-of-sight
  • out-of-this-world
  • outrageous
  • outstanding
  • overwhelming
  • palatial
  • par excellence
  • paramount
  • particular
  • passable
  • peachy
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  • peculiar
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  • phat
  • phenomenal
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  • plush
  • pompous
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  • preternatural
  • prime
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  • rad
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  • remarkable
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  • rewarding
  • rich
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  • riveting
  • rousing
  • royal
  • satisfactory
  • satisfying
  • select
  • sensational
  • shivering
  • significant
  • singular
  • slick
  • smashing
  • solid
  • solid-gold
  • something
  • something else
  • sovereign
  • special
  • spectacular
  • splashy
  • splendid
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  • staggering
  • standard
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  • stately
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  • stimulating
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  • sublime
  • substantial
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  • super
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  • supreme
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  • swanky
  • swell
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  • talented
  • terrific
  • tip-top
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  • to the max
  • tolerable
  • too much
  • top
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  • topping
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  • trembling
  • tremendous
  • unbelievable
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  • utmost
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  • very good
  • weighty
  • weird
  • wicked
  • wild
  • wizard
  • wonderful
  • wondrous
  • world
  • world-class
  • zero cool

damaging

damnably

damned

  • a lot
  • abhorred
  • abominated
  • absolute
  • absolutely
  • abundantly
  • accursed
  • achingly
  • adjudged
  • admonished
  • all-fired
  • all-out
  • almighty
  • altogether
  • amazingly
  • anathematized
  • appreciably
  • archly
  • arrant
  • as all get-out
  • astonishingly
  • astronomically
  • attacked
  • authentic
  • awful
  • awfully
  • bad
  • badly
  • beastly
  • belittled
  • berated
  • blacklisted
  • blamed
  • blank
  • blankety-blank
  • blasted
  • blessed
  • blisteringly
  • bloody
  • blooming
  • bodacious
  • bone
  • castigated
  • categoric
  • categorical
  • censured
  • chastened
  • chastised
  • chid
  • chided
  • classic
  • clean
  • colossally
  • complete
  • completely
  • concluded
  • condemned
  • confirmed
  • confounded
  • considerably
  • constant
  • consummate
  • convicted
  • corking
  • corrected
  • cracking
  • crashing
  • criticized
  • cursed
  • damn
  • damnable
  • dang
  • darn
  • darned
  • dead
  • deadly
  • decided
  • decreed
  • decried
  • deeply
  • definite
  • denounced
  • deprecated
  • desperately
  • despicable
  • determined
  • detestable
  • detested
  • discernibly
  • disciplined
  • disparaged
  • dispraised
  • dissed
  • doggone
  • done for
  • doomed
  • downright
  • dratted
  • dreadful
  • eminently
  • endless
  • enormously
  • entirely
  • especially
  • eternal
  • ever
  • exceeding
  • exceedingly
  • exceptionally
  • excessively
  • excommunicated
  • execrable
  • execrated
  • extensively
  • extra
  • extraordinary
  • extreme
  • extremely
  • fabulously
  • fair
  • fantastically
  • far
  • faulted
  • fiercely
  • filthy
  • flat
  • flat-out
  • found
  • frightful
  • frightfully
  • full
  • fully
  • genuine
  • gone to blazes
  • good and
  • grandly
  • greatly
  • habitual
  • hated
  • heavily
  • highly
  • hopeless
  • horrible
  • huge
  • hugely
  • immensely
  • imprecated
  • incredibly
  • infernal
  • intensely
  • inveterate
  • jolly
  • judged
  • knocked
  • lambasted
  • loathed
  • loathsome
  • lost
  • lousy
  • main
  • majorly
  • maledicted
  • markedly
  • mightily
  • mighty
  • monstrous
  • monstrously
  • monumentally
  • mortally
  • most
  • much
  • notably
  • noticeably
  • obscenely
  • obviously
  • opined
  • ostracized
  • out-and-out
  • outright
  • overmuch
  • palpably
  • panned
  • particularly
  • passing
  • penalized
  • perfect
  • perpetual
  • plainly
  • plentifully
  • plumb
  • positively
  • profound
  • profoundly
  • punished
  • pure
  • purely
  • radically
  • raked
  • rank
  • rattling
  • real
  • really
  • rebuked
  • regular
  • remarkably
  • reprehended
  • reprimanded
  • reproached
  • reprobate
  • reprobated
  • reproved
  • resolved
  • reviled
  • revolting
  • right
  • roaring
  • roaringly
  • ruled
  • scolded
  • sentenced
  • seriously
  • severely
  • sheer
  • significantly
  • simple
  • slammed
  • so
  • sore
  • sorely
  • spanking
  • specially
  • staggeringly
  • stark
  • stinking
  • stone
  • straight-out
  • substantially
  • such
  • super
  • superlative
  • supreme
  • supremely
  • surpassing
  • surpassingly
  • terrible
  • terribly
  • terrific
  • that
  • thorough
  • thoroughgoing
  • thoroughly
  • thumping
  • too
  • total
  • totally
  • unadulterated
  • unalloyed
  • unco
  • uncommonly
  • unconditional
  • undying
  • unhappy
  • unmitigated
  • unqualified
  • unremitting
  • unrestricted
  • upbraided
  • utter
  • utterly
  • vastly
  • veritable
  • very
  • visibly
  • vitally
  • vituperated
  • voodooed
  • way
  • whacking
  • wholly
  • wicked
  • wildly

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