chintzy

Other forms of chintzy

comparative or superlative

chintzier

comparative or superlative

chintziest

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 chintzy

What does chintzy mean?

chintzy means "of very poor quality; flimsy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chintzy?

chintzy has 2 syllables: chint-zy. The stress falls on "chint". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɪntsi/.

What is another word for chintzy?

Close synonyms include bum, cheap, cheesy, crummy, punk. 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 chintzy a common word?

chintzy 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.