focused

Other forms of focused

comparative

focusedder·

superlative

focuseddest·

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 focused

What does focused mean?

focused means "being in focus or brought into focus". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in focused?

focused has 2 syllables: focu-sed. The stress falls on "focu". In IPA it is /ˈfoʊkəst/.

What is another word for focused?

Close synonyms include focussed, focussed. 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 focused?

The recorded antonyms are unfocused.

Is focused a common word?

focused is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 focused?

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