processed

1. 1.

   subjected to a special process or treatment

   “prepared ergot”

   “processed cheeses are easy to spread”

   Similarprepared
2. 2.

   freed from impurities by processing

   “refined sugar”

   “refined oil”

   “to gild refined gold”

   Synonymsrefined
3. 3.

   prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process

   “processed ores”

   Antonymsunprocessed

   Similarcuredmilledsemi-processed

Other forms of processed

comparative

processedder·

superlative

processeddest·

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 processed

What does processed mean?

processed means "subjected to a special process or treatment". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in processed?

processed has 2 syllables: proces-sed. The stress falls on "proces". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑsɛst/.

What is another word for processed?

Close synonyms include refined. 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 processed?

The recorded antonyms are unprocessed.

Is processed a common word?

processed 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.