Synonyms of spelled

spelled

verb

past tense of spell

1

as in possessed

to cast a spell on

it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims

Synonyms & Similar Words

• possessed
• struck
• cursed
• enchanted
• charmed
• tempted
• bewitched
• overlooked
• seduced
• hexed
• ensorcelled
• attracted
• jinxed
• lured
• voodooed
• captivated
• fascinated
• enticed
• mesmerized
• spellbound
• beguiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blessed

2

as in meant

to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind

that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meant
• signified
• denoted
• implied
• intended
• indicated
• imported
• expressed
• suggested
• explained
• mentioned
• represented
• symbolized
• inferred
• hinted
• cited
• specified
• personified
• intimated
• connoted
• proclaimed
• referred (to)
• announced
• signaled
• amounted (to)
• embodied
• pointed (to)
• symboled
• epitomized
• designated
• touched (on or upon)
• insinuated
• alluded (to)
• declared
• adverted
• elucidated
• added up (to)
• instanced

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spelled

The shape spelled cat, and there was only one kind of cat in India big enough to make such prints. — Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

This festival, whose name is actually Halloween spelled backward, is the largest annual festival in Kansas. — Katy Spratte Joyce, Midwest Living, 22 Aug. 2026

Adames also committed an error on a routine grounder in the bottom of the seventh that could’ve spelled disaster, but Houser got out of the inning unscathed. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

That spelled the end of the amateurism model so familiar for decades in college sports. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

In 2019, his great-nephews Albert and Lawrence Lewitinn (their surnames are spelled differently than the artist’s) inherited about 1,000 of the artist’s works. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Kenneth Walker stayed in for all of one snap, before he was immediately spelled by Brashard Smith, who carried eight times for 21 yards. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2026

Song spelled Xander Bogaerts at shortstop for a game in Atlanta. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

Blanco rallied and retired the ensuing five batters, but a two-out walk to Kyle Stowers in the fifth spelled the end of his 86-pitch outing. — Miami Herald, 21 July 2026