settled meaning and definition

SETTLED adjective

Definition of settled (adjective)

1. established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
   • "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night"
   • antonym: unsettled
2. established in a desired position or place; not moving about
   • "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization"
   • antonym: unsettled
3. inhabited by colonists
   • synonyms: colonised, colonized
4. not changeable
   • "a period of settled weather"