SERVED Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

served

verb

past tense of serve

as in attended

to be a servant for he served his master faithfully for 20 years

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as in sufficed

to be enough they made the pasta serve for eight guests

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as in suited

to be fitting or proper those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show

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as in treated

to behave toward in a stated way my parents served me well in preparing me for life

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as in acted

to have a certain purpose the harsh punishment served to teach everyone a lesson

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as in benefited

to provide with something useful or desirable an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market

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Recent Examples of served Roughly a decade ago, Stapleton served as Guns N’ Roses’ one-off opener at the band’s concert at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium concert in July 2016. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 The grilled Spam and cheese sliders ($16), with thin slices of Spam seared crisp served on Hawaiian buns with pineapple-jalapeno chutney, are a flavor bomb. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 In the post-Stalin scramble for power, Russia’s formal constitutional order served as the guidelines within which informal power politics played out. — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026 Keller taxpayers have voiced anger over how much money the district paid Davis and Jackson Walker while Davis served as the school board’s counsel. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026 Mina’s seafood dishes are served at Beach House, while Trabocchi’s Seta su Ilma features modern Italian food. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Jackson Ole Sapit has served as the sixth archbishop and primate of the church since 2016. — Stephanie Triplettall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 As waiters in black suits served steak and peach cobbler, Rick Perry, the former Texas governor and the former Republican Presidential candidate, and the chairman of Americans for Ibogaine, leaped to his feet. — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 Ossoff and Collins are both coming into the election with a record in Congress, having both served a term in their respective chambers. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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Allegretti has attended recent camp practices but has not participated.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
The alleged texts between the boys, who attended Switzerland Point Middle School, contained information about building a shotgun and musket, as well as obtaining zip ties, per the arrest report.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of attended

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These are exactly the kinds of workflows where human attention degrades over time and for which automation and AI are ideally suited.

— Tal Lev-Ami, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Even veterans given considerable resources and artistic freedom for a live-action feature may find their specific sensibilities are just better suited to animation.

— Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of suited

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Adobe Stock Responsible AI is often treated as the price businesses must pay for using artificial intelligence.

— Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Unlike older buyers in their 40s and 50s who rely on cash flow to fund mortgages and college tuition, Philips has treated the business more like a compounding asset than a personal ATM.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of treated

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After the pair had finally acted on latent feelings for each other and decided to be together, Oona first broached the topic of Ramona leaving for New York and leaving her behind when Ramona pitched it as a not-yet final decision.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
Security video of the early April 9 morning burglary shows three men entered the business through a broken window, smashed the machines with sledge hammers and pried out the boxes while a fourth man acted as lookout, the report said.

— Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of acted

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The Strait of Hormuz — which handled around one-fifth of global oil supply before the war — has seen traffic drop to a trickle with sporadic increase in ship transits on positive headlines.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
What expressiveness in the robot changed in participants was how their brains handled the moment.

— Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

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