fastened

Other forms of fastened

comparative

fastenedder·

superlative

fasteneddest·

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 fastened

What does fastened mean?

fastened means "firmly closed or secured". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fastened?

fastened has 2 syllables: fas-tened. The stress falls on "fas". In IPA it is /ˈfæsənd/.

What is another word for fastened?

Close synonyms include buttoned, tied. 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 fastened?

The recorded antonyms are unfastened.

Is fastened a common word?

fastened 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.