treated

Other forms of treated

comparative

treatedder·

superlative

treateddest·

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 treated

What does treated mean?

treated means "subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in treated?

treated has 2 syllables: trea-ted. The stress falls on "trea". In IPA it is /ˈtɹitɪd/.

What is another word for treated?

Close synonyms include tempered, hardened, toughened. 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 treated?

The recorded antonyms are untreated, untreated.

Is treated a common word?

treated 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 treated?

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