What does interested mean?

interested means "having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in interested?

interested has 3 syllables: in-tere-sted. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪntɹəstɪd/.

What is another word for interested?

Close synonyms include concerned. 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 interested?

The recorded antonyms are uninterested.

Is interested a common word?

interested is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

interested — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
“an interested audience”
“interested in sports”
“was interested to hear about her family”
“interested in knowing who was on the telephone”
“interested spectators”
Antonymsuninterested
2.
involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in
“a memorandum to those concerned”
“an enterprise in which three men are concerned”
“factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics”
“the interested parties met to discuss the business”
Synonymsconcerned
Similarinvolved

Questions about interested

What does interested mean?: interested means "having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in interested?: interested has 3 syllables: in-tere-sted. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪntɹəstɪd/.
What is another word for interested?: Close synonyms include concerned. 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 interested?: The recorded antonyms are uninterested.
Is interested a common word?: interested is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for interested come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
“an interested audience”
“interested in sports”
“was interested to hear about her family”
“interested in knowing who was on the telephone”
“interested spectators”
Antonymsuninterested
2.
involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in
“a memorandum to those concerned”
“an enterprise in which three men are concerned”
“factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics”
“the interested parties met to discuss the business”
Synonymsconcerned
Similarinvolved

Questions about interested

What does interested mean?: interested means "having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in interested?: interested has 3 syllables: in-tere-sted. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪntɹəstɪd/.
What is another word for interested?: Close synonyms include concerned. 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 interested?: The recorded antonyms are uninterested.
Is interested a common word?: interested is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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