downy

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.