📖 Definitions of "Armed"
- 1
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
- 1
To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
"The king armed his knights with swords and shields."
- 2
To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
"Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work."
- 3
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
"to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling"
- 4
To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
- 1
(sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
"nuclear-armed"
- 2
(of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
- 3
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
- 4
Having prickles or thorns.
🔄 Synonyms of "Armed"
21 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bristly | Covered with bristles. |
| barbed | Having barbs. |
| bristled | Having bristles |
| thorny | (figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious. |
| spinynoun | Covered in spines or thorns. |
| pricklynoun | Covered with sharp points. |
| equipped | Having the equipment, resources, and skills one needs; prepared. |
| brierynoun | A place where briars grow. |
| burrynoun | (of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr. |
| clawed | having claws (of animals) |
| weaponed | Armed with a weapon. |
| brachiateverb | (intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation. |
| burred | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
| taloned | Having talons. |
| barbellate | (botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns. |
| light-armed | armed with light weapons |
| briary | Like a briar; thorny. |
| bristlelike | Resembling or characteristic of a bristle. |
| armlike | Resembling or characteristic of an arm (limb). |
| one-armed | Having only one arm; especially having lost an arm. |
| militarized | issued military arms |
↔️ Antonyms of "Armed"
Words with the opposite meaning.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Armed"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| weaponed | Armed with a weapon. |
| barbed | Having barbs. |
| clawed | having claws (of animals) |
| taloned | Having talons. |
| pricklynoun | Covered with sharp points. |
| one-armed | Having only one arm; especially having lost an arm. |
| bristly | Covered with bristles. |
| bristled | Having bristles |
| bristlelike | Resembling or characteristic of a bristle. |
| thorny | (figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious. |
| burrynoun | (of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr. |
| spinynoun | Covered in spines or thorns. |
| brachiateverb | (intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation. |
| briary | Like a briar; thorny. |
| brierynoun | A place where briars grow. |
| barbellate | (botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns. |
| burred | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
| equippedverb | Having the equipment, resources, and skills one needs; prepared. |
| light-armed | armed with light weapons |
| militarized | issued military arms |
⚡ Words Strongly Associated with "Armed"
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🎨 Adjectives for "Armed"
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🏷️ Nouns for "Armed"
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