acknowledged

1. 1.

   recognized or made known or admitted

   “the acknowledged leader of the community”

   “a woman of acknowledged accomplishments”

   “his acknowledged error”

   Antonymsunacknowledged

   Similaracceptedself-confessedassumptivedeclarablegivenputative
2. 2.

   generally accepted

   Similarunquestionable

Questions about acknowledged

What does acknowledged mean?

acknowledged means "recognized or made known or admitted". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in acknowledged?

acknowledged has 3 syllables: ack-nowled-ged. The stress falls on "nowled". In IPA it is /ækˈnɑlɪdʒd/.

What is the opposite of acknowledged?

The recorded antonyms are unacknowledged.

Is acknowledged a common word?

acknowledged is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.