decreed

1. 1.

   fixed or established especially by order or command

   “at the time appointed (or the appointed time)”

   Synonymsappointedordainedprescribed

   Similarsettled

Other forms of decreed

comparative

decreeder·

superlative

decreedest·

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 decreed

What does decreed mean?

decreed means "fixed or established especially by order or command".

How many syllables are in decreed?

decreed has 2 syllables: de-creed. The stress falls on "creed". In IPA it is /dɪˈkɹid/.

What is another word for decreed?

Close synonyms include appointed, 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 decreed a common word?

decreed 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.

What rhymes with decreed?

1 word rhymes with decreed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.