baldy

Questions about baldy

What does baldy mean?

baldy means "a person whose head is bald or shaved".

How many syllables are in baldy?

baldy has 2 syllables and divides as bal-dy 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 baldy?

Close synonyms include baldhead, baldpate, skinhead, skin. 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.

Is baldy a common word?

baldy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.