armoured

Other forms of armoured

comparative

armouredder·

superlative

armoureddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about armoured

What does armoured mean?

armoured means "used of animals; provided with protective covering". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in armoured?

armoured has 2 syllables: ar-moured. The stress falls on "ar".

What is another word for armoured?

Close synonyms include armored, armored. 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 armoured a common word?

armoured 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.