chummy

Other forms of chummy

comparative or superlative

chummier

comparative or superlative

chummiest

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 chummy

What does chummy mean?

chummy means "(used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chummy?

chummy has 2 syllables: chum-my. The stress falls on "chum". In IPA it is /ˈtʃʌmi/.

What is another word for chummy?

Close synonyms include matey, pally, palsy-walsy, buddy-buddy, thick. 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 chummy a common word?

chummy 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.