dainty

1. 1.

   something considered choice to eat

   Synonymsdelicacygoodykickshawtreat

   Broadernutriment

   Narrowerchoice morselsavorysweetambrosiagelatinmarrow

Other forms of dainty

plural

dainties·

comparative or superlative

daintier

comparative or superlative

daintiest

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 dainty

What does dainty mean?

dainty means "delicately beautiful". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dainty?

dainty has 2 syllables: dain-ty. The stress falls on "dain". In IPA it is /ˈdeɪnti/.

What is another word for dainty?

Close synonyms include exquisite, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish. 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 dainty a common word?

dainty 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.