rad

Meanings

Plural: rads

Noun

• a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
• the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)
• A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.
• A political radical.
• Abbreviation of radian.
• Abbreviation of radiator.
• Abbreviation of sight radius.

Adj

• Clipping of radical (“excellent”).

Synonyms

ace, admirable, amazing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awesomesauce, bang on, bang-up, based, beneship, bewildering, bitching, bomb, brilliant, bully, cher, choice, chronic, chur, cock on, cool, copacetic, crackerjack, cushty, dank, def, dope, enchanting, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, fab, fabulous, fantabulosa, fantastic, finger-lickin' good, fireball, first-rate, fly, frabjous, gnarly, goshwow, grand, grandiose, great, grouse, hellagood, impressive, inspiring, kicking, killer, lash, lautitious, lit, magnificent, majestic, major, marvellous, marvelous, mystifying, mythic, nang, out of sight, outstanding, peng, phat, phenomenal, powerful, pukka, quality, rad, radian, radical, rd, rum, selcouth, sick, slap-up, slick, spiffing, splendid, sterling, stupefying, stupendous, super, superb, superior, surpassing, sweet, swell, terrific, tight, top, top-drawer, top-hole, top-notch, top-of-the-range, top-shelf, topping, tubular, unbelievable, unreal, wicked, wicked pissah, wonderful, wondrous, worldie

Related Words

deg, grad, mil