mated

Other forms of mated

comparative

matedder·

superlative

mateddest·

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 mated

What does mated mean?

mated means "mated sexually". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mated?

mated has 2 syllables: ma-ted. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˈmeɪtɪd/.

What is another word for mated?

Close synonyms include paired. 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 mated?

The recorded antonyms are unmated.

Is mated a common word?

mated 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.

What rhymes with mated?

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