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clothed

UK/ˈkləʊðd//ˈkloʊðd/

clothed adjective: wearing clothes or clothing. Also the simple past and past participle of clothe.

Adjective (1)

clothed (not comparable)

  1. Wearing clothes or clothing.
    Synonyms:
    clad, dressed, raimented, He arrived fully clothed despite the heat, modestly clothed, richly clothed, scantily clothed

Adjective (2)

US/klɔθt/cot caught merger/klɑθt/

clothed (not comparable)

  1. Covered with a cloth.
    • a white-clothed table
    Synonyms:
    clad, dressed, raimented

Also used as

clothed is also the simple past and past participle of clothe.

Synonyms of clothed

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Antonyms

Forms of clothed

alternative form (obsolete)cloathed

Origin of clothed

From clothe + -ed.

From cloth + -ed.

Words formed from clothed

Words that rhyme with clothed

Questions about clothed

What does clothed mean?
Clothed means wearing clothes or clothing.
What part of speech is clothed?
Clothed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce clothed?
Clothed is pronounced /ˈkləʊðd/ (UK).

Words near clothed in the dictionary

  1. cloth-ears
  2. clothback
  3. clothbacks
  4. clothbound
  5. clothe
  6. clothed
  7. clothedness
  8. clothedst
  9. clothes
  10. clothes bag
  11. clothes bags

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