seeded

Other forms of seeded

comparative

seededder·

superlative

seededdest·

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 seeded

What does seeded mean?

seeded means "(of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seeded?

seeded has 2 syllables: see-ded. The stress falls on "see". In IPA it is /ˈsidɪd/.

What is another word for seeded?

Close synonyms include sown. 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 seeded?

The recorded antonyms are unseeded.

Is seeded a common word?

seeded 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.