What does tired mean?
Word: Tired
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Tired means needing rest or sleep. After a long day of play, your legs feel tired.
Synonyms: sleepy, weary
Antonyms: rested
How do you spell tired?
Syllables: tired
Tricky part: The e and the r get swapped a lot, giving tierd. In tired the e belongs after the r.
Watch out for: tierd, tiyred
Memory tip: Think ready to rest: in ready and in rest the r comes before the e, and it does in tired too.
Idioms and Phrases
- sick and tired: Very bored or annoyed with something that keeps happening. Example: "Meena was sick and tired of the rain spoiling her games."
Tired in a sentence
Example 1: I was so tired that I fell asleep in the car.
Example 2: The tired dog lay down under the neem tree.
Example 3: Grandpa gets tired if he walks up too many stairs.
Fun Fact
In British English, the rubber ring on a car wheel is spelt tyre. Tired has nothing to do with tyres: it comes from an Old English word meaning to fail or grow weak.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) tirred
b) lonely
c) hungry
d) thirsty
Show answer
a) tirred. Tired needs just one r; hungry, thirsty and lonely are all spelt right.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
tired
a) slow
b) weak
c) fresh
d) sad
Show answer
c) fresh. Someone who has slept well feels fresh, the opposite of tired.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letter to form a word:
tire_
a) b
b) n
c) d
d) t
Show answer
c) d. Tired ends with a d, the same as in rested.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Meena felt tired after danceing all evening.
a) felt
b) evening
c) danceing
d) tired
Show answer
c) danceing. Dance drops its e when ing joins on: dancing.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which phrase means the same as very tired?
a) wide awake
b) cheered up
c) worn out
d) full up
Show answer
c) worn out
2. Which of these would most likely make you tired?
a) running a long race
b) reading a short poem
c) eating an ice cream
d) drinking some water
Show answer
a) running a long race
