sought-after

Questions about sought-after

What does sought-after mean?

sought-after means "being searched for". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sought-after?

sought-after has 3 syllables: sough-t-af-ter. The stress falls on "sough".

What is another word for sought-after?

Close synonyms include sought, coveted, in demand, sought after. 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 sought-after a common word?

sought-after 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.