unshod

Other forms of unshod

comparative

unshodder·

superlative

unshoddest·

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 unshod

What does unshod mean?

unshod means "(used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unshod?

unshod has 2 syllables: un-shod. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for unshod?

Close synonyms include discalced, discalceate, unshoed. 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 unshod?

The recorded antonyms are shod.

Is unshod a common word?

unshod 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.