bowed

Other forms of bowed

comparative

bowedder·

superlative

boweddest·

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 bowed

What does bowed mean?

bowed means "of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bowed?

bowed has 1 syllable: bowed. In IPA it is /ˈbaʊd/.

What is another word for bowed?

Close synonyms include arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate. 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.

What is the opposite of bowed?

The recorded antonyms are plucked.

Is bowed a common word?

bowed 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.