littered

Questions about littered

What does littered mean?

littered means "filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish".

How many syllables are in littered?

littered has 2 syllables: lit-tered. The stress falls on "lit". In IPA it is /ˈlɪtɚd/.

What is another word for littered?

Close synonyms include cluttered. 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 littered a common word?

littered is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.