Synonyms of specified

specified 1 of 2

adjective

as in specific

Related Words

• specific
• stated
• explicit
• declared
• avowed
• definite
• unambiguous
• express
• unequivocal
• categorical
• definitive
• comprehensive
• certain
• exhaustive
• complete
• unmistakable
• clear-cut
• univocal
• sure
• distinct
• full
• exact
• well-defined
• precise
• literal
• clear
• direct
• lucid
• intelligible
• understandable
• comprehensible
• straightforward
• plain
• simple

Dissimilar Words

• inferred
• implied
• implicit
• ambiguous
• vague
• indefinite
• unclear
• circuitous
• dark
• obscure
• equivocal
• incorrect
• enigmatic
• cryptic
• inaccurate
• imprecise
• unspecific
• inexact
• inexplicit
• incomprehensible
• unintelligible

specified

2 of 2

verb

past tense of specify

1

as in defined

to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly

the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defined
• prescribed
• directed
• ordered
• arranged
• dictated
• laid down
• assigned
• told
• selected
• required
• instructed
• decreed
• set
• ordained
• chose
• controlled
• conducted
• managed
• fixed
• governed
• constrained
• enjoined
• compelled
• obligated
• forced
• led
• charged
• obliged
• commanded
• settled
• coerced
• adjured
• bade

2

as in mentioned

to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically

police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mentioned
• cited
• noticed
• noted
• indicated
• quoted
• named
• referred (to)
• suggested
• touched (on or upon)
• introduced
• explained
• implied
• announced
• designated
• intended
• inferred
• published
• adverted (to)
• clarified
• dropped
• instanced
• intimated
• pronounced
• alluded (to)
• pointed (out)
• declared
• signaled
• hinted (at)
• signified
• denominated
• advertised
• proclaimed
• interpolated
• brought up
• cleared (up)
• publicized
• broadcast
• interposed
• broached
• sounded
• interjected
• spelled out
• elucidated
• explicated
• infiltrated
• insinuated
• wormed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• disregarded
• neglected
• forgot
• overlooked
• passed over
• overpassed
• slighted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of specified

Adjective

Build a bond ladder that delivers predictable interest and principal repayments each year for a specified period. —Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Late last year, Hopkins tried again, with an even better proposal to allow Snelling, in consultation with Johnson’s deputy mayor for public safety, to declare four-hour curfews for minors within specified areas with 12 hours’ notice. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026

The authority would also be able to delegate administration of specified sites to local authorities or corporations, subject to the council’s approval. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 13 May 2026

Bricks from the specified lots have been asked to not feed the product to their pets, and can request a refund by contacting Albright's Raw Pet Food directly. —Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

Buprenorphine is controlled by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s suspicious orders report system, which restricts supply when pharmacies order more than allowed under specified thresholds. —Andrew Jones, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026

One exercise involved lightly pressing down on the abdomen in specified areas surrounding the belly button, while the other required contracting the hips in a bridge motion. —Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026

Buprenorphine is controlled by the Drug Enforcement Administration's suspicious orders report system, which restricts supply when pharmacies order more than allowed under specified thresholds. —Andrew Jones, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026

Critics say the warrants intrude on Americans' reasonable expectation of privacy by compelling service providers to turn over broad swaths of user location history and time stamps within a specified area over a specified timeframe. —Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026

Verb

As of publication time, law enforcement officials had not specified whether the arrest was related to immigration enforcement activities. —Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026

The ruling specified that use of force and isolation for failure to work were unconstitutional. —Julia Bowling, The Conversation, 29 May 2026

LPDDR5x memory, though MSI hasn’t specified what RAM configurations will be available. —Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 29 May 2026

And their condo sold surprisingly quickly, well within the 20 days specified by the contract on the new house. —Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 28 May 2026

Both Newman-Thomas and Audouy immersed themselves in period research for the Alamo prologue, which didn’t have a date or location specified in the script. —Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 May 2026

Genes specified the initial bias; early experience ran the competition and determined the winner. —Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Its size and its rate of expansion can't be simultaneously specified with perfect precision, and that fundamental fuzziness might be enough to explain dark energy without invoking any new physics at all. —Paul Sutter, Space.com, 26 May 2026

No individual sites were specified. —Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026