downy

1. 1.

   like down or as soft as down

   Synonymsdownlikeflossyfluffy

   Similarsoft
2. 2.

   covered with fine soft hairs or down

   “downy milkweed seeds”

   Synonymspubescentpuberulentsericeous

   Similarhairy

   biology

Other forms of downy

comparative or superlative

downier

comparative or superlative

downiest

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 downy

What does downy mean?

downy means "like down or as soft as down". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in downy?

downy has 2 syllables: dow-ny. The stress falls on "dow". In IPA it is /ˈdaʊni/.

What is another word for downy?

Close synonyms include downlike, flossy, fluffy, pubescent, puberulent. 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 downy a common word?

downy 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.