unfastened

Questions about unfastened

What does unfastened mean?

unfastened means "not closed or secured". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unfastened?

unfastened has 3 syllables and divides as un-fa-stened under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for unfastened?

Close synonyms include open, unbuttoned, untied. 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 unfastened?

The recorded antonyms are fastened.

Is unfastened a common word?

unfastened 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.