Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of taper
adjectivetapered (comparative more tapered, superlative most tapered)
comparative more tapered · superlative most tapered
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian скосен, конусообразен
- скосен (skosen)narrowing to a point
- конусообразен (konusoobrazen)narrowing to a point
Dutch taps
- tapsnarrowing to a point
Finnish suippo, suippopäinen
- suipponarrowing to a point
- suippopäinennarrowing to a point
German keilförmig, spitz zulaufend
- keilförmignarrowing to a point
- spitz zulaufendnarrowing to a point
- konischnarrowing to a point
- tailliertnarrowing to a point
- zugespitztnarrowing to a point
- angeschrägtnarrowing to a point
- verjüngtnarrowing to a point
- sich verjüngendnarrowing to a point
Portuguese cónico, adelgaçado
- cóniconarrowing to a point
- adelgaçadonarrowing to a point
Russian конический, клиновидный
- конический (koničeskij)narrowing to a point
- клиновидный (klinovidnyj)narrowing to a point
- заострённый (zaostrjónnyj)narrowing to a point
Spanish ahusado, ahusante
- ahusadonarrowing to a point
- ahusantenarrowing to a point
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
tapered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapered
MLA
“tapered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapered. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tapered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapered.
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