tailored

Other forms of tailored

comparative

tailoredder·

superlative

tailoreddest·

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 tailored

What does tailored mean?

tailored means "severely simple in line or design". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tailored?

tailored has 2 syllables: tailo-red. The stress falls on "tailo". In IPA it is /ˈteɪlɚd/.

What is another word for tailored?

Close synonyms include trim, bespoke, bespoken, made-to-order, tailor-made. 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 tailored a common word?

tailored 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.