Synonyms of filed

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verb (1)

past tense of file

as in rubbed

to make smooth by friction

beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rubbed
• sanded
• polished
• scraped
• ground
• buffed
• honed
• smoothed
• sharpened
• planed
• rasped
• scoured
• glossed
• dressed
• burnished
• edged
• sandblasted
• shone
• whetted
• stropped
• reground

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughened
• scuffed
• roughed (up)
• coarsened

filed

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verb (2)

past tense of file

as in marched

to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group

to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marched
• strode
• stepped
• paraded
• paced
• stamped
• stomped
• trod
• hiked
• traipsed
• goose-stepped
• trudged
• tramped
• perambulated
• lumbered
• plodded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolled
• wandered
• ambled
• meandered
• rambled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of filed

Verb

Immediately after the federal government issued its final rule change on July 10, environmental groups sued, with cases filed in both San Francisco and Seattle federal courts. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

But preliminary test results from that handgun appear to exclude it as the gun responsible for the deaths, police said in the court document, a probable cause statement filed Wednesday. — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 31 July 2026

ScreenshotA complaint that appears to have been filed on July 8, 2021, through the county's SeeClickFix, or 311, online reporting system described cracking and chipping concrete pillars in the building's underground parking garage. — Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Of those, 54 have been filed in Idaho, including that of Gamino Padilla. — Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026

Beth Arbuckle and Wells Fargo agreed to dismiss the December 2024 case filed in federal court for the Western District of North Carolina, according to a joint stipulation filed Friday. — Chase Jordan july 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026

On the same day as his release, federal prosecutors filed a motion seeking to keep Rojas Pliego in detention pending appeal, court documents show. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Six people filed police reports accusing Pragiwaksono of blasphemy, a vaguely defined — but serious — crime in Indonesia, and the comedian was called in for questioning. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 July 2026

Jessica Treviño, 34, filed a lawsuit through her attorney this week asking a federal judge to intervene. — ABC News, 30 July 2026