Standard Lemma guide

crowned

adj · verb · 7 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kɹaʊnd/
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  • rhymes with -aʊnd
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AW1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Wearing a crown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coronate, coronated, incoronate, incoronated

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a particular crown (top part of the head)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, often

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Great, supreme; completed; excessive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of crown

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

5

adjective

Meaning 5

provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a high-crowned hat
  • an orange-crowned bird
  • a crowned signet ring

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: uncrowned

6

adjective

Meaning 6

having an (artificial) crown on a tooth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • had many crowned teeth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: uncrowned

7

adjective

Meaning 7

crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: laureled, laurelled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English coronede, crouned, crowned, crownyd, equivalent to crown + -ed. Piecewise doublet of coronaed.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kruunupäinen — wearing a crown
Real reading context

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