used

Other forms of used

comparative

usedder·

superlative

useddest·

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 used

What does used mean?

used means "employed in accomplishing something". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in used?

used has 1 syllable: used. In IPA it is /ˈjuzd/.

What is another word for used?

Close synonyms include exploited, ill-used, put-upon, victimized, victimised. 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 used?

The recorded antonyms are misused.

Is used a common word?

used is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 used?

1 word rhymes with used. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.