dinky

Other forms of dinky

plural

dinkies·

comparative or superlative

dinkier

comparative or superlative

dinkiest

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 dinky

What does dinky mean?

dinky means "small and unimpressive". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dinky?

dinky has 2 syllables: din-ky. The stress falls on "din". In IPA it is /ˈdɪŋki/.

What is another word for dinky?

Close synonyms include insignificant, dinkey. 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 dinky a common word?

dinky 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.