Meanings
armed1
comparative more armed · superlative most armed
- in compoundssometimesspecificallyEquipped with a gun.
The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.
2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021
- obsoleteFurnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
a distemper eminently armed from heaven
1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year1 more example
The naked eye then will immediately direct us, by means of the two stars just mentioned, towards the place where, in the finder, the armed eye will perceive the double star in question about ¾ degree from the 44th Lyncis.
1821, Sir William Herschel, Catalogue of Double Stars - biologyHaving prickles or thorns.
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of arm
armed2
- not comparablePossessing arms of a specified number or type.
the strong-armed man
2 more examples
the four-armed creature
His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.
1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)Antonyms: armless
- not comparablegovernmentHaving horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
adjectivePossessing arms of a specified number or type.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
adjectivehaving arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
adjective(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
armed · adjective, verb
From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.
Full word history & related roots →armed · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂érmos
- Proto-Germanic*armaz
- Proto-West Germanic*arm
- Old Englishearm
- Middle Englisharm
- Englisharm
- Englisharmed
From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἔνοπλος
- ἔνοπλος (énoplos)equipped, especially with a weapon
Arabic مُسَلَّح
- مُسَلَّح (musallaḥ)equipped, especially with a weapon
Bulgarian въоръже́н
- въоръже́н (văorăžén)equipped, especially with a weapon
Catalan armat, armat
- armatprepared for use
- armatequipped, especially with a weapon
Chinese Mandarin 武裝的 /武装的
- 武裝的 /武装的equipped, especially with a weapon
Czech ozbrojený
- ozbrojenýequipped, especially with a weapon
Danish bevæpnet
- bevæpnetequipped, especially with a weapon
Dutch gewapend
- gewapendequipped, especially with a weapon
Esperanto armita
- armitaequipped, especially with a weapon
Finnish ladattu, varustettu
- ladattuprepared for use
- varustettuequipped, especially with a weapon
- aseistautunutequipped, especially with a weapon
- aseistettuequipped, especially with a weapon
- kädellinenhaving arms
French armé
- arméequipped, especially with a weapon
German bewaffnet, armig
- bewaffnetequipped, especially with a weapon
- armighaving arms
Greek οπλισμένος, ένοπλος
- οπλισμένος (oplisménos)prepared for use
- ένοπλος (énoplos)equipped, especially with a weapon
Hindi मुसल्लह, हथियारबंद
- मुसल्लह (musallah)equipped, especially with a weapon
- हथियारबंद (hathiyārband)equipped, especially with a weapon
- सशस्त्र (saśastra)equipped, especially with a weapon
Icelandic vopnaður
- vopnaðurequipped, especially with a weapon
Italian armato
- armatoequipped, especially with a weapon
Latin armātus, armiger
- armātusequipped, especially with a weapon
- armigerequipped, especially with a weapon
Māori maupū, maurākau
- maupūequipped, especially with a weapon
- maurākauequipped, especially with a weapon
Norwegian Bokmål bevæpnet, bevæpna
- bevæpnetequipped, especially with a weapon
- bevæpnaequipped, especially with a weapon
Persian مسلح, زیناوند
- مسلح (mosallah)equipped, especially with a weapon
- زیناوند (zinâvand)equipped, especially with a weapon
- افزارمند (afzârmand)equipped, especially with a weapon
Polish uzbrojony, zbrojny
- uzbrojonyequipped, especially with a weapon
- zbrojnyequipped, especially with a weapon
Portuguese armado, armado
- armadoprepared for use
- armadoequipped, especially with a weapon
Romanian armat, înarmat
- armatequipped, especially with a weapon
- înarmatequipped, especially with a weapon
Russian снаряжённый, вооружённый
- снаряжённый (snarjažónnyj)prepared for use
- вооружённый (vooružónnyj)prepared for use
- вооружённый (vooružónnyj)equipped, especially with a weapon
- вооружи́вшийся (vooružívšijsja)equipped, especially with a weapon
Slovak ozbrojený
- ozbrojenýequipped, especially with a weapon
Spanish armado [con], armífero
- armado [con]equipped, especially with a weapon
- armíferoequipped, especially with a weapon
- provisto [de]equipped, especially with a weapon
- con brazohaving arms
- con brazoshaving arms
Swedish beväpnad, armad
- beväpnadequipped, especially with a weapon
- armadhaving arms
Ukrainian озбро́єний, збро́йний
- озбро́єний (ozbrójenyj)equipped, especially with a weapon
- збро́йний (zbrójnyj)equipped, especially with a weapon
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with armed
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Cite this entry
armed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armed
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