Clued

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. To possess knowledge through various hints that aid comprehension
2. To have obtained insight from signals that clarify understanding
3. To be informed by breadcrumbs of information that enhance clarity

Etymology: The clue you follow in a mystery started out as a ball of thread. Old English "clēowen" meant a ball or skein of yarn, and the word passed through Middle English as "clew" before the spelling "clue" took hold. The shift from yarn to evidence rests on one famous story: in Greek myth, Theseus unrolled a thread through the labyrinth of the Minotaur so he could find his way back out. Because the ball of thread guided him, the word came to mean anything that leads you through a puzzle toward a solution. "Clued" is simply the past tense and past participle of "clue," used here as an adjective meaning informed by clues. It adds the ordinary "-ed" ending to the verb, so its history is that of the noun.

Synonyms: informed, aware

Antonyms: clueless, ignorant