ankle-deep

1. 1.

   coming only to the ankle or knee

   Synonymsknee-deep

   Similarshallow

Questions about ankle-deep

What does ankle-deep mean?

ankle-deep means "coming only to the ankle or knee".

How many syllables are in ankle-deep?

ankle-deep has 3 syllables and divides as an-kle--deep under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ankle-deep?

Close synonyms include knee-deep. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.