[syn: computer-aided design, CAD]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cad \Cad\, n. [Abbrev. fr. cadet.]
   1. A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and
      shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about
      innyards. [Eng.] --Dickens.
      [1913 Webster]
   2. A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. [Cant]
      --Thackeray.
      [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cad
    n 1: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn:
         cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel]
    2: software used in art and architecture and engineering and
       manufacturing to assist in precision drawing [syn: computer-
       aided design, CAD]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "cad":
   Babbitt, Philistine, arriviste, boor, bounder, bourgeois, churl,
   clown, epicier, groundling, guttersnipe, hooligan, ill-bred fellow,
   looby, lout, low fellow, mucker, nouveau riche, parvenu, peasant,
   ribald, rotter, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, upstart,
   vulgarian, vulgarist, yokel
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
CAD
       Computer Aided Design (CIM)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
CAD
       Computer Aided Dispatch / Drafting
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Computer Aided Design
CAD
    (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing
   or physical layout steps of engineering design.  Often found
   in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing".
   (1994-11-30)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
CADI. The name of a civil magistrate among the Turks.