appointed

Questions about appointed

What does appointed mean?

appointed means "subject to appointment". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in appointed?

appointed has 3 syllables: ap-poin-ted. The stress falls on "poin". In IPA it is /əˈpɔɪntɪd/.

What is another word for appointed?

Close synonyms include appointive, decreed, ordained, prescribed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is appointed a common word?

appointed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with appointed?

2 words rhyme with appointed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.