WINGED
Dictionary entry overview: What does winged mean?
• WINGED (adjective)
The adjective WINGED has 2 senses:
1. having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
2. very fast; as if with wings
Familiarity information: WINGED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WINGED (adjective)
Meaning:
Having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
Context example:
the winged feet of Mercury
Similar:
volant (with wings extended in a flying position)
small-winged (having small wings)
slender-winged (having slender wings)
pinioned ((of birds) especially having the flight feathers)
one-winged (having a single wing)
flying (capable of or engaged in flight)
brachypterous; short-winged ((especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings)
batwing (formed or shaped like a bat's wing)
alate; alated ((of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions)
alar; alary; aliform; wing-shaped (having or resembling wings)
winglike (resembling a wing in shape or position)
Antonym:
wingless (lacking wings)
Meaning:
Very fast; as if with wings
Context example:
on winged feet
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
