Standard Lemma guide

armed

adj · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ɑɹmd/
  • UK: /ɑːmd/
  • obsolete: /ˈɑːɹmɪd/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)md
  • rhymes with -ɑːɹmɪd
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Equipped, especially with a weapon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, sometimes

Examples

  • nuclear-armed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Equipped, especially with a weapon.

Equipped with a gun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, sometimes, specifically

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Prepared for use; loaded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Furnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Having prickles or thorns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: armless

7

adj

Meaning 7

Possessing arms of a specified number or type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • the four-armed creature
  • the strong-armed man

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: armless

8

adj

Meaning 8

Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

simple past and past participle of arm

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective

Meaning 10

(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • armed robbery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unarmed

11

adjective

Meaning 11

(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unarmed

12

adjective

Meaning 12

having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the many-armed goddess Shiva

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: armless

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English arm Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English armed From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.

Etymology tree English arm Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English armed From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: armatosur — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Arabic: مُسَلَّح (musallaḥ) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Armenian: զինված (zinvac) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Belarusian: узбро́ены (uzbrójeny) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Bulgarian: въоръже́н (vǎorǎžén) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Catalan: armat — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 武裝的 /武装的 — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Czech: ozbrojený — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Danish: bevæpnet — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Dutch: gewapend — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Esperanto: armita — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Finnish: varustettu — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Finnish: aseistautunut — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Finnish: aseistettu — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • French: armé — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • German: bewaffnet — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Greek: ένοπλος (énoplos) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Ancient Greek: ἔνοπλος (énoplos) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Hindi: मुसल्लह (musallah) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Hindi: हथियारबंद (hathiyārband) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Hindi: सशस्त्र (saśastra) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Icelandic: vopnaður — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Italian: armato — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Northern Kurdish: çekdar — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Latin: armātus — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Latin: armiger — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Luxembourgish: bewaffent — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Luxembourgish: arméiert — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Macedonian: вооружен (vooružen) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Māori: maupū — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Māori: maurākau — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Marathi: सशस्त्र (saśastra) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Marathi: शस्त्रसज्ज (śastrasajja) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Marathi: शस्त्रधारी (śastradhārī) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Marathi: हत्यारबंद (hatyārbanda) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bevæpnet — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bevæpna — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Old Church Slavonic: орѫжьнъ (orǫžĭnŭ) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Old English: ġewǣpnod — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Persian: مسلح (mosallah) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Persian: زیناوند (zinâvand) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Persian: افزارمند (afzârmand) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Plautdietsch: bewaufnet — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Polish: uzbrojony — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Polish: zbrojny — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Portuguese: armado — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Romanian: armat — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Romanian: înarmat — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Russian: вооружённый (vooružónnyj) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Russian: вооружи́вшийся (vooružívšijsja) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Sardinian: armàdu — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀ружа̄н — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: на̏оружа̄н — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: òružān — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȁoružān — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Slovak: ozbrojený — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Slovene: oborožen — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Spanish: armado [con] — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Spanish: armífero — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Spanish: provisto [de] — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Swedish: beväpnad — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Tajik: мусаллаҳ (musallah) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Ukrainian: озбро́єний (ozbrójenyj) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Ukrainian: збро́йний (zbrójnyj) — equipped, especially with a weapon
  • Catalan: armat — prepared for use
  • Finnish: ladattu — prepared for use
  • Greek: οπλισμένος (oplisménos) — prepared for use
  • Portuguese: armado — prepared for use
  • Russian: снаряжённый (snarjažónnyj) — prepared for use
  • Russian: вооружённый (vooružónnyj) — prepared for use
  • Finnish: kädellinen — having arms
  • German: armig — having arms
  • Spanish: con brazo — having arms
  • Spanish: con brazos — having arms
  • Swedish: armad — having arms
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