What does closed mean?

closed means "not open or affording passage or access". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in closed?

closed has 1 syllable: closed. In IPA it is /ˈkloʊzd/.

What is another word for closed?

Close synonyms include shut, unopen, shut, unsympathetic, closed in. 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 closed?

The recorded antonyms are open, open, open.

Is closed a common word?

closed is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 closed?

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

closed — meaning, pronunciation and 9 definitions

adjective

9 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not open or affording passage or access
“the many closed streets made travel difficult”
“our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains”
Antonymsopen
Similarblocked drawn stoppered nonopening
2.
(set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
Antonymsopen
mathematics
3.
not open
“the door slammed shut”
Synonymsshut unopen
4.
used especially of mouth or eyes
“he sat quietly with closed eyes”
“his eyes were shut against the sunlight”
Synonymsshut
Antonymsopen
Similarblinking compressed squinched
5.
requiring union membership
“a closed shop”
Similarunion
6.
with shutters closed
Similarshuttered
7.
not open to the general public
“a closed meeting”
Similarrestricted
8.
not having an open mind
“a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas”
Synonymsunsympathetic
Similarunreceptive
9.
blocked against entry
“a closed porch”
Synonymsclosed in
Similarenclosed

Other forms of closed

comparative: closedder·
superlative: closeddest·

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 closed

What does closed mean?: closed means "not open or affording passage or access". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in closed?: closed has 1 syllable: closed. In IPA it is /ˈkloʊzd/.
What is another word for closed?: Close synonyms include shut, unopen, shut, unsympathetic, closed in. 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 closed?: The recorded antonyms are open, open, open.
Is closed a common word?: closed is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 closed?: 3 words rhyme with closed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for closed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

9 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not open or affording passage or access
“the many closed streets made travel difficult”
“our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains”
Antonymsopen
Similarblocked drawn stoppered nonopening
2.
(set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
Antonymsopen
mathematics
3.
not open
“the door slammed shut”
Synonymsshut unopen
4.
used especially of mouth or eyes
“he sat quietly with closed eyes”
“his eyes were shut against the sunlight”
Synonymsshut
Antonymsopen
Similarblinking compressed squinched
5.
requiring union membership
“a closed shop”
Similarunion
6.
with shutters closed
Similarshuttered
7.
not open to the general public
“a closed meeting”
Similarrestricted
8.
not having an open mind
“a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas”
Synonymsunsympathetic
Similarunreceptive
9.
blocked against entry
“a closed porch”
Synonymsclosed in
Similarenclosed

Other forms of closed

comparative: closedder·
superlative: closeddest·

Questions about closed

What does closed mean?: closed means "not open or affording passage or access". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in closed?: closed has 1 syllable: closed. In IPA it is /ˈkloʊzd/.
What is another word for closed?: Close synonyms include shut, unopen, shut, unsympathetic, closed in. 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 closed?: The recorded antonyms are open, open, open.
Is closed a common word?: closed is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 closed?: 3 words rhyme with closed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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