acquired

ac·quired
A1C3Q10U1I1R1E1D2
US/əˈkwaɪɹd/UK/əˈkwaɪəd/

adjective

Developed after birth; not congenital.

“acquired skill”

Similar
noninheritablenonheritable
CommonScrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of acquire

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:acquired.

adjectiveacquired (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineDeveloped after birth; not congenital.

    acquired skill

    3 more examples

    The condition is acquired rather than inherited.

    acquired immunity

    acquired knowledge

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivegotten through environmental forces

Similar
noninheritablenonheritable
Also see
adventitiousalienextraneousforeignnonheritablenoninheritableoutlandishstrange

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مُكْتَسَب
  • مُكْتَسَب (muktasab)medicine: developed after birth
Dutch verworven
  • verworvenmedicine: developed after birth
Finnish hankinnainen
  • hankinnainenmedicine: developed after birth
French acquis
  • acquismedicine: developed after birth
German erworben
  • erworbenmedicine: developed after birth
Greek επίκτητος
  • επίκτητος (epíktitos)medicine: developed after birth
Indonesian dapatan, akuisita
  • dapatanmedicine: developed after birth
  • akuisitamedicine: developed after birth
Japanese 後天的
  • 後天的 (koutenteki)medicine: developed after birth
Korean 후천적
  • 후천적 (hucheonjeok)medicine: developed after birth
Persian الفخته, توخته
  • الفخته (alfaxte)medicine: developed after birth
  • توخته (tuxte)medicine: developed after birth
  • بهدستآمده (pedastāmade)medicine: developed after birth
Polish nabyty
  • nabytymedicine: developed after birth
Spanish adquirido
  • adquiridomedicine: developed after birth
Ukrainian набутий
  • набутий (nabutyj)medicine: developed after birth

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with acquired

requireddesiredinspiredretiredwiredfiredexpiredunexpiredmiredundesireduninspiredattiredunfiredspiredovertiredesquiredoverfiredsemiretiredsuspiredtyredunadmiredunderfiredunhiredunretired
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

acquired. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquired

MLA

“acquired.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquired. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acquired,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquired.

Source: acquired on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.