tested

Other forms of tested

comparative

testedder·

superlative

testeddest·

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 tested

What does tested mean?

tested means "tested and proved useful or correct". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tested?

tested has 2 syllables: tes-ted. The stress falls on "tes". In IPA it is /ˈtɛstɪd/.

What is another word for tested?

Close synonyms include tried, well-tried, time-tested, tried, tried and true. 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 tested a common word?

tested 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 tested?

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