submersed

Other forms of submersed

comparative

submersedder·

superlative

submerseddest·

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 submersed

What does submersed mean?

submersed means "beneath the surface of the water". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in submersed?

submersed has 2 syllables: submer-sed. The stress falls on "sed". In IPA it is /səbˈmɝst/.

What is another word for submersed?

Close synonyms include submerged, underwater, subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged. 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 submersed a common word?

submersed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.