winged

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/wɪŋɪd//wɪŋd//wɪnd͡ʒd/

adjective

Having wings.

“weak-winged”

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

winged1

adjectivewinged (not comparable)

alternative wingèd

  1. not comparableHaving wings.
    1 more example

    The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.

    2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32

    Antonyms: apterous, unwinged, wingless

    1. in compoundsnot comparableHaving wings of a specified kind.

      weak-winged

      Antonyms: apterous, unwinged, wingless

    2. in compoundsnot comparableHaving the specified number of wings.

      The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.

      Antonyms: apterous, unwinged, wingless

  2. not comparableFlying or soaring as if on wings.
  3. not comparableSwift.

    Come Tamburlain, now whet thy winged ſword And lift thy loftie arme into the cloudes, That it may reach the King of Perſeas crowne, And ſet it ſafe on my victorious head.

    c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii

winged2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of wing

winged3

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of winge

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving wings.

adjectiveHaving wings of a specified kind.

adjectiveHaving the specified number of wings.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving wings or as if having wings of a specified kind

Opposite

adjectivevery fast; as if with wings

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

winged · adjective

  1. Middle Englishwinged
  2. Englishwinged

From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.

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Translations

Ancient Greek πτερόεις
  • πτερόεις (pteróeis)having wings
Bulgarian крила́т
  • крила́т (krilát)having wings
Catalan alat
  • alathaving wings
Czech křídlatý, okřídlený
  • křídlatýhaving wings
  • okřídlenýhaving wings
Dutch gevleugeld
  • gevleugeldhaving wings
Finnish -siipinen, -siipinen
  • -siipinenhaving wings of a specified kind
  • -siipinenhaving the specified number of wings
  • siivekäshaving wings
French ailé
  • ailéhaving wings
German geflügelt
  • geflügelthaving wings
Hungarian szárnyas
  • szárnyashaving wings
Irish sciathánach, eiteach
  • sciathánachhaving wings
  • eiteachhaving wings
Italian alato
  • alatohaving wings
Latin ālātus, ālifer
  • ālātushaving wings
  • āliferhaving wings
Latvian spārnots, spārnains
  • spārnotshaving wings
  • spārnainshaving wings
Māori whaiparirau
  • whaiparirauhaving wings
Persian بالدار
  • بالدار (bāldār)having wings
Polish uskrzydlony, skrzydlaty
  • uskrzydlonyhaving wings
  • skrzydlatyhaving wings
Portuguese alado
  • aladohaving wings
Romanian înaripat
  • înaripathaving wings
Russian крыла́тый
  • крыла́тый (krylátyj)having wings
Slovak krídlatý, okrídlený
  • krídlatýhaving wings
  • okrídlenýhaving wings
Spanish alado, alígero
  • aladohaving wings
  • alígerohaving wings
  • alíferohaving wings
Swahili -enye mabawa
  • -enye mabawahaving wings
Swedish bevingad
  • bevingadhaving wings
Turkish kanatlı
  • kanatlıhaving wings
Ukrainian крила́тий
  • крила́тий (krylátyj)having wings
Welsh adeiniog, asgellog
  • adeinioghaving wings
  • asgelloghaving wings

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Cite this entry
APA

winged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winged

MLA

“winged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winged. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “winged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winged.

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