leathered

1. 1.

   resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable

   Synonymscoriaceousleatherlikeleathery

   Similartough

Questions about leathered

What does leathered mean?

leathered means "resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable".

How many syllables are in leathered?

leathered has 3 syllables: lea-the-red. The stress falls on "lea".

What is another word for leathered?

Close synonyms include coriaceous, leatherlike, leathery. 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.

Is leathered a common word?

leathered 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.