dyad C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈdaɪæd/ UK /ˈdaɪæd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a group of two units or persons treated as a pair The therapist studied the mother-and-child dyad in close detail. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a group of two units or... paircoupleduotwosomeduad ↔ Opposites monadtriad Word family Derived forms dyadic Related forms triadmonad Etymology AI details From Late Latin 'dyas' (stem 'dyad-'), from Ancient Greek 'dyas' ('the number two'), from 'dyo' ('two'). dyas Ancient Greek dyo Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # dyad **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdaɪæd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdaɪæd/ ## Meanings 1. a group of two units or persons treated as a pair ## Examples - The therapist studied the mother-and-child dyad in close detail. ## Synonyms - pair - couple - duo - twosome - duad ## Antonyms - monad - triad ## Derived Forms - dyadic ## Related Forms - triad - monad ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dyas - Root: dyo ## Etymology From Late Latin 'dyas' (stem 'dyad-'), from Ancient Greek 'dyas' ('the number two'), from 'dyo' ('two'). ## AI Etymology Dyad comes from Late Latin 'dyas' (stem 'dyad-'), from Ancient Greek 'dyas' ('the number two'), from 'dyo' ('two'). The etymological trail includes Ancient Greek dyas and Ancient Greek dyo. As a noun, dyad names a group of two units or persons treated as a pair. The same family is visible in derived forms such as dyadic and related forms such as triad and monad. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown