leaded

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Canada, US/ˈlɛdɪd/Australia/ˈledəd//ˈliːdɪd/

adjective

Held in place by strips of lead.

“Leaded gasoline is hard to find in some areas now.”

Similar
fixedantiknockantiknockingspaced
Opposite
unleaded
OriginEnglish lead ← Middle English led ← Old English lēad →
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Meanings

leaded1

adjectiveleaded (comparative more leaded, superlative most leaded)

comparative more leaded · superlative most leaded

  1. Held in place by strips of lead.
  2. Containing or treated with the element lead.
  3. Containing tetraethyllead.

    Leaded gasoline is hard to find in some areas now.

  4. informalcaffeinated.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of lead (to add lead to)

leaded2

verb
  1. nonstandardparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of lead (to guide, plus similar meanings)
adjective
  1. Having a lead, or leads

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead

Similar
fixed

adjectivetreated or mixed with lead

Similar
antiknockantiknocking
Opposite
unleaded

adjectivehaving thin strips of lead between the lines of type

Similar
spaced
Also see
antiknockantiknockingcaffeinatedfixedleadspaced

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

leaded · adjective, verb

  1. Proto-Celtic*ɸloudom
  2. Gaulish*loudonbor.?
  3. Proto-West Germanic*laud
  4. Old Englishlēad
  5. Middle Englishled
  6. Englishlead
  7. Englishleaded

From lead + -ed.

Full word history & related roots →

leaded · verb, adjective

  1. Middle Englishleden
  2. Englishlead
  3. Englishleaded

From lead + -ed.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 含鉛 /含铅
  • 含鉛 /含铅 (hánqiān)containing or treated with the element lead
German verbleit
  • verbleitcontaining or treated with the element lead
Hungarian ólmos
  • ólmoscontaining or treated with the element lead
Japanese 有鉛
  • 有鉛 (yūen)containing or treated with the element lead
Korean 납이 첨가된, 유연
  • 납이 첨가된 (nabi cheomgadoen)containing or treated with the element lead
  • 유연 (yuyeon)containing or treated with the element lead
Russian этили́рованный
  • этили́рованный (etilírovannyj)containing or treated with the element lead
Swedish blyad
  • blyadcontaining or treated with the element lead

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with leaded

headeddreadedbedded
All rhymes →

Anagrams

delead
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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