settled

Other forms of settled

comparative

settledder·

superlative

settleddest·

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 settled

What does settled mean?

settled means "established or decided beyond dispute or doubt". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in settled?

settled has 2 syllables: sett-led. The stress falls on "sett". In IPA it is /ˈsɛtəld/.

What is another word for settled?

Close synonyms include colonized, colonised. 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 settled?

The recorded antonyms are unsettled, unsettled.

Is settled a common word?

settled is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 settled?

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