glad

experiencing pleasure, joy, or delight made happy

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

glad

4 Phonemes

g l a d

onset, rime

gl ad

Morpheme

glad

Sentence Examples

We're glad you could come.

I'll be glad to answer any questions you may have.

The mail brought glad news from our friends in England.

We've been through some sad times and some glad times.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

cheerful

contented

joyful

overjoyed

pleased

willing

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

glad-hand

glad rags

glad-handing

glad-hands

glad-handed

glad-handing

be glad, etc. to see the back of somebody/something

Neighborhood

Rhymes

add

bad

dad

had

mad

sad

Onset Friends

get

go

good

got

going

give

girl

gave

gone

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