impaired

Other forms of impaired

comparative

impairedder·

superlative

impaireddest·

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 impaired

What does impaired mean?

impaired means "diminished in strength, quality, or utility". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in impaired?

impaired has 2 syllables: im-paired. The stress falls on "paired". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɛɹd/.

What is another word for impaired?

Close synonyms include afflicted. 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 impaired?

The recorded antonyms are unimpaired.

Is impaired a common word?

impaired 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 impaired?

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