Rhymes with directed
di·rect·ed
D d Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- uncollected — having control of one's faculties; self-possessed: Despite all the turmoil around him, Bob remained calm and collected.
- disaffected — discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority.
- disconnected — disjointed; broken.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- intersected — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- recollected — calm; composed.
- reelected — to choose or select by vote, as for an office: to elect a mayor. Antonyms: reject.
- resurrected — to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
- unaffected — not affected, acted upon, or influenced; unchanged; unaltered: The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.
- unconnected — not connected; not joined together or attached: an unconnected wire.
- uncorrected — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- undetected — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- unelected — chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official.
- unexpected — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- uninfected — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- unprotected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- unsuspected — not regarded or considered with suspicion: unsuspected in the crime.
Three-syllable rhymes
- selected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- subjected — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- respected — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- infected — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- collected — An author's collected works or letters are all their works or letters published in one book or in a set of books.
- connected — If one thing is connected with another, there is a link or relationship between them.
- corrected — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- defected — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- deflected — curved or bent downward.
- dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- detected — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- dissected — Botany. deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
- effected — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- inflected — to modulate (the voice).
- injected — to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue: to inject a medicine into the veins.
- neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- objected — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- perfected — conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type: a perfect sphere; a perfect gentleman.
- projected — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- protected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- reflected — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- rejected — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- interconnected — to connect with one another.