billowy

1. 1.

   characterized by great swelling waves or surges

   “billowy storm clouds”

   “the restless billowing sea”

   “surging waves”

   Synonymsbillowingsurging

   Similarstormy

Questions about billowy

What does billowy mean?

billowy means "characterized by great swelling waves or surges".

How many syllables are in billowy?

billowy has 3 syllables: bil-lo-wy. The stress falls on "bil".

What is another word for billowy?

Close synonyms include billowing, surging. 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 billowy a common word?

billowy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.