scaled

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/skeɪld/

adjective

Covered with scales or scale-like structures.

“scaled herring”

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of scale
adjectivescaled (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyCovered with scales or scale-like structures.

    Synonyms: scaly

  2. not comparableWithout scales, or with the scales removed.

    scaled herring

    Synonyms: esquamulose, scaleless, descaled

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCovered with scales or scale-like structures.

Similar

adjectiveWithout scales, or with the scales removed.

Similar
Narrower
cosmically-scaled

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles

adjective(used of armor) having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός
  • λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós)covered with scales
Finnish suomuinen, suomujen peittämä
  • suomuinencovered with scales
  • suomujen peittämäcovered with scales
  • suomustettuwith scales removed
  • suomutonwith scales removed
German schuppenbedeckt, schuppig
  • schuppenbedecktcovered with scales
  • schuppigcovered with scales
  • entschupptwith scales removed
Latin squāmeus, squāmōsus
  • squāmeuscovered with scales
  • squāmōsuscovered with scales

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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