Standard Lemma guide

insured

adj · noun · verb · 5 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈʃʊəd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈʃɔːd/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈʃʊɚd/
  • rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)d
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N SH UH1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Covered by an insurance policy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The person or persons whose interests are protected by an insurance policy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, insurance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insuree, insurant

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of insure

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

4

adjective

Meaning 4

covered by insurance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an insured risk
  • all members of the film cast and crew are insured

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: uninsured

5

noun

Meaning 5

a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insured person

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vakuutettu — Covered by an insurance policy
  • Gujarati: વીમાકૃત (vīmākŕt) — Covered by an insurance policy
  • Hungarian: biztosított — Covered by an insurance policy
  • Italian: assicurato — Covered by an insurance policy
  • Serbo-Croatian: osiguran — Covered by an insurance policy
  • Turkish: sigortalı — Covered by an insurance policy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 被保險人 /被保险人 (bèibǎoxiǎnrén) — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
  • Czech: pojištěnec — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
  • Finnish: vakuutettu — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
  • French: assuré — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
  • French: assurée — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
  • German: Versicherter — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
  • German: Versicherte — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
  • Hungarian: biztosított — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
  • Serbo-Croatian: osiguranik — Person(s) whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
Real reading context

insured in complete knowledge articles