Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

Verb

Adverb

Adverb

Intj

The word "bad" can be used as adjective, adjective, noun, verb, adverb, adverb and intj.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

adequate advantageous beneficial benevolent choice competent excellent exceptional first class first rate good good good honest just premium prime profitable propitious reputable right sincere sufficient superior true upright virtuous well worthy

Defined As

opposite of good

Derived Terms

Bad Axe Bad Thing Badelaide Orange Man bad Peck's bad boy a bad penny always comes back a bad penny always turns up a bad tree does not yield good apples a bad workman always blames his tools bad actor bad aji bad apple bad appling bad ass bad baby bad bank bad beat bad belle bad bishop bad bitch bad blood bad books bad boy bad breath bad business bad cess bad check bad cholesterol bad comes to worse bad comes to worst bad company bad conscience bad debt bad egg bad ending bad eye bad facts make bad law bad faith bad feeling bad for you bad form bad girl bad guy bad hair day bad hat bad hop bad humor bad humour bad influence bad iron bad joke bad language bad leaver bad light bad looker bad loser bad lot bad luck bad manners bad medicine bad mind bad money bad money drives out good bad mood bad name bad news bad news travels fast bad off bad old days bad part of town bad patch bad penny bad press bad quarto bad rap bad scran to someone bad seed bad show bad sign bad sport bad taste in one's mouth bad temper bad things come in threes bad to beat bad to the bone bad touch bad trip bad trot bad turn bad up bad weather bad winner bad word bad-ass bad-assery bad-assness bad-boy bad-jacket bad-lad split bad-looking bad-mannered bad-minded bad-mouth bad-natured bad-talk bad-tempered badarse badbye badden baddie baddish badfic baditude badling badman badmin badness badnik badsome badthink badvocacy badvocate badware be taken bad bearer of bad news big and bad big bad break bad deal a bad hand dirtybadwrong do-badder down bad drop like a bad habit fake bad feel-bad get on someone's bad side give a bad name give a dog a bad name and hang him give something up as a bad job go bad go from bad to worse go to the bad gone bad good cop bad cop good cop-bad cop good riddance of bad rubbish good riddance to bad rubbish good-bad good-cop bad-cop good-cop-bad-cop hard cases make bad law have a bad time of it have it bad in a bad spot in a bad way in bad in bad bread in bad odor in bad odour in bad part in bad repair in bad shape in bad taste make the best of a bad bargain make the best of a bad job megabad miles of bad road my bad nonbad not bad not half bad on bad terms one bad apple can spoil the barrel one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch one bad turn deserves another one of His Majesty's bad bargains pay good money after bad pitch good money after bad pour good money after bad put the bad mouth on so bad it's good so far so bad something bad spend good money after bad superbad terribad the bad penny always comes back the bad penny always turns up the bad place there are bad apples in every orchard there is no such thing as bad press there is no such thing as bad publicity throw good money after bad too bad with bad grace

Distinct From

good goodness

Inflected/Variant Forms

bid

Context

british dialect hip hop slang linguistics need or want slang us

Prerequisites

steal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

quality

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

evil harmful lamentable low-quality

Type Of (IsA)

quality

Not Has Property

good

Related Terms

astray badness base bum contemptible defective despicable dirty execrable faulty flawed inadequate insufficient lacking lesser low-grade mediocre par reprehensible scurrilous second-rate under unspeakable useless valueless villainous worthless

Related Terms

ability action adjective and appearance appropriate astray attribute bade badly base behaviour bold bum contemptible counterfeit daring defective despicable dirty disobedient error evil execrable false fantastic faulty fitting flawed foul functional good goodness gorse horrible illegitimate inadequate insufficient judgment lacking lesser licentious low grade malodorous manners mediocre mistake naughtiness naughty negative overripe par poor promiscuous reprehensible rotten scurrilous second rate severe shell sickly spoiled stressful suitable superlative tricky ugly under unfavorable unhealthy unpleasant unskilled unspeakable unwell urgent useless valueless villainous walnut wicked worse worst worthless wrong

Similar Terms

abominable atrocious awful corked corked corky counterfeit crappy deplorable disobedient distressing distressing dreadful evil evil fearful frightful frightful hard harmful harmful hopeless hopeless horrid horrid icky ill ill imitative incompetent incompetent inferior inferior intense intense invalid lamentable lousy malfunctioning mediocre mediocre naughty naughty negative negative no good no-good nonfunctional nonstandard nonstandard painful penitent pitiful pretty pretty repentant rotten rubber sad severe severe shitty sorry stale stinking stinking stinky swingeing swingeing terrible tough tough uncomfortable uncool uncool unfavorable unfavourable unhealthy unskilled unsound unspeakable unspeakable unsuitable unsuitable worse worst

Synonym Network

abandoned abominable badass badly base corrupt defective deficient detestable disgusting false faulty forged high risk ill inferior lousy malodorous off poor punk regretful rotten severe spoiled spurious substandard tough unacceptable uncollectible unfavorable ungodly unsatisfactory unsound vicious wanting wicked wretched wrong

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