avowed

Questions about avowed

What does avowed mean?

avowed means "openly declared as such".

How many syllables are in avowed?

avowed has 2 syllables: avo-wed. The stress falls on "wed". In IPA it is /əˈvaʊd/.

What is another word for avowed?

Close synonyms include professed. 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 avowed a common word?

avowed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.