chafflike

1. 1.

   abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff

   Synonymschaffy

Other forms of chafflike

comparative

chaffliker·

superlative

chafflikest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chafflike

What does chafflike mean?

chafflike means "abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff".

How many syllables are in chafflike?

chafflike has 2 syllables: chaf-flike. The stress falls on "chaf".

What is another word for chafflike?

Close synonyms include chaffy. 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 chafflike a common word?

chafflike is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.