Synonyms for bad
Another word for bad is no-good, hard or pretty. Below are 45 synonyms across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: badder, baddest, bads.
1. adjective: having undesirable or negative qualities
- no-good synonyms
- hard synonyms
- pretty synonyms
- sorry synonyms
- worst synonyms
- worse
- sad synonyms
- negative synonyms
- tough synonyms
- evil synonyms
- ill synonyms
- terrible synonyms
- severe synonyms
- awful synonyms
- painful synonyms
- rubber synonyms
- shitty
- naughty synonyms
- rotten synonyms
- hopeless synonyms
- dreadful synonyms
- incompetent synonyms
- fearful synonyms
- mediocre synonyms
- crappy synonyms
Antonyms
2. adjective: serious or severe
- big synonyms
- intense synonyms
3. adjective: feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- tough synonyms
- uncomfortable synonyms
4. adjective: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- spoiled synonyms
- spoilt synonyms
- stale synonyms
5. adjective: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- sorry synonyms
- regretful
- penitent
- repentant
6. adjective: not capable of being collected
- uncollectible
- invalid synonyms
7. adjective: below average in quality or performance
- inferior synonyms
8. adjective: nonstandard
- nonstandard
9. adjective: not financially safe or secure
- high-risk
- risky synonyms
- speculative synonyms
- unsound
10. adjective: physically unsound or diseased
- unfit synonyms
- unsound
- unhealthy synonyms
11. adjective: capable of harming
- harmful synonyms
12. adjective: characterized by wickedness or immorality
- evil synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for bad?
You can say no-good, hard, pretty, sorry or worst instead of bad. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "having undesirable or negative qualities".
What is the opposite of bad?
The opposite of bad is good.
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