Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gad

2 senses of gad

Sense 1
generalized anxiety disorder, GAD, anxiety reaction -- (an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months)
       => anxiety disorder -- (a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom)

Sense 2
spur, gad -- (a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on")
       => prod, goad -- (a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gad

1 sense of gad

Sense 1
gallivant, gad, jazz around -- (wander aimlessly in search of pleasure)
       => roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town")