eared

Other forms of eared

comparative

earedder·

superlative

eareddest·

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 eared

What does eared mean?

eared means "worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eared?

eared has 1 syllable: eared. In IPA it is /ˈɪɹd/.

What is another word for eared?

Close synonyms include dog-eared. 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 eared?

The recorded antonyms are earless.

Is eared a common word?

eared 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.