spoon-fed
/spun ˈfɛd/
spoon-fed is the simple past and past participle of spoon-feed.
Adjective
spoon-fed (not comparable)
- Pampered, as a baby too young to feed themselves.
- So simplified that one might expect a baby to understand it.
Meaning of spoon-feed
Verb
spoon-feed (third-person singular simple present spoon-feeds, present participle spoon-feeding, simple past and past participle spoon-fed)
- To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
- To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
- I can help you with your homework, but you must understand the concept, because I will not spoon-feed you.
- To give (something) in an overly pampering way, so that the recipients do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
- What do you mean "I don't know"? I'm practically spoon-feeding you the answer!
- To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).
Words that rhyme with spoon-fed
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- dread
- wed
- ahead
- bread
- sled
- embed
- in one's stead
- inbred
- ped
- zed
- bestead
- cred
- ed
- fed
- med
- undead
- abed
- bedspread
- DMZ
- Fred
- led
- Prussian red
- retread
- unwed
- z
- antired
- aspread
- bark bed
- behead
- bested
- bled
- block head
- bred
- cabin bed
- common thread
- Cow Head
- Crow Head
- faned
- fled
- freedom bread
- fugged
- instead
- ked
- knead
- misled
- ned
- pled
- read
Questions about spoon-fed
- What does spoon-fed mean?
- Spoon-fed means pampered, as a baby too young to feed themselves.
- What is spoon-fed the simple past and past participle of?
- Spoon-fed is the simple past and past participle of spoon-feed.
- What part of speech is spoon-fed?
- Spoon-fed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce spoon-fed?
- Spoon-fed is pronounced /spun ˈfɛd/.
Words near spoon-fed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spoon-fed (page history and authors); spoon-feed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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