wired

Other forms of wired

comparative

wiredder·

superlative

wireddest·

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 wired

What does wired mean?

wired means "equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wired?

wired has 2 syllables: wi-red. The stress falls on "wi". In IPA it is /ˈwaɪɚd/.

What is another word for wired?

Close synonyms include pumped-up, pumped up, pumped. 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 wired?

The recorded antonyms are wireless.

Is wired a common word?

wired 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.