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settled

/ˈsɛtl̩d/adjective2 syllables

Settled means: established or decided beyond dispute or doubt.

Synonyms for settled25

adjective, as in established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

accomplished, effected, established, appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed, determined, dictated, set, deterministic, firm, preconcerted

adjective, as in established in a desired position or place; not moving about

based, built-up, located, placed, set, situated, nonnomadic, relocated, resettled

adjective, as in inhabited by colonists

colonized, colonised, inhabited

adjective, as in not changeable

Opposites of settled

unsettled

What does settled mean?4

adjective

1

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt“with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night”

2

established in a desired position or place; not moving about“nomads … absorbed among the settled people”

3

inhabited by colonists

4

not changeable“a period of settled weather”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with settled?1

three syllables

unsettled
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Settled in a sentence

  • Calm down, we've already settled the matter of the dog.unknown
  • Once the dust settled, the truth was evident.Igider
  • We moved into this house last month, but we still haven't settled down.CK
  • As soon as he arrived in the capital, he got settled at a hotel._undertoad
  • Hideki, he really hadn't settled in here at all and sulked all the time.unknown
  • The countries concerned settled the dispute by peaceful means.RJH
  • I thought we settled that matter last night.CK
  • It's high time you got married and settled down.CM

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