blustery

Questions about blustery

What does blustery mean?

blustery means "blowing in violent and abrupt bursts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blustery?

blustery has 3 syllables: blus-te-ry. The stress falls on "blus". In IPA it is /ˈblʌstɚi/.

What is another word for blustery?

Close synonyms include blustering, blusterous, bullying. 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 blustery a common word?

blustery 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.