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Synonyms for armed

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equipped loaded

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Equipped, especially with a weapon.

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Armed, Armor or Armored?

With the disuse of defensive armor the word has practically gone out of military use, but it is still employed in the navy, where the distinction is clearly preserved; any vessel provided with cannon is an armed vessel; an armored ship is an ironclad.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • equipped Her kitchen is equipped with labor-saving devices.
  • loaded Ziri loaded his rifle and went out to investigate.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
armedsteady
equippedfalling
loadedsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
loaded2
8 letters
equipped2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (loaded2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
armé
Italiano
armato