Rad
What it means
Excellent, exciting, or impressively unconventional.
Reach for it when offering enthusiastic informal approval among people comfortable with the slang
The students built a rad solar cart from discarded bicycle parts.
Words to choose between 6
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| everyday | |
| warm | |
| professional | |
| formal |
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playful
Fits when strong casual enthusiasm fits
Careful Awesome can sound inflated.
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playful
Fits when social approval is relaxed
Careful Cool may praise composure instead.
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everyday
Fits when clear approval needs no slang
Careful Excellent lacks rebellious energy.
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warm
Fits when a notably good idea is meant
Careful Brilliant can imply intelligence.
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professional
Fits when achievement deserves credible praise
Careful Impressive is less exuberant.
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formal
Fits when performance exceeds the normal standard
Careful Outstanding feels too official.
Opposites 3
- lame
- ordinary
- disappointing
Common phrases 3
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rad idea
That rad idea turned the empty lot into a skate garden.
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pretty rad
The repaired pinball machine looked pretty rad.
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rad design
Her rad design folds into a working desk.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Commander Keane, Australian accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated