foxy

Other forms of foxy

comparative or superlative

foxier

comparative or superlative

foxiest

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 foxy

What does foxy mean?

foxy means "marked by skill in deception".

How many syllables are in foxy?

foxy has 2 syllables: fox-y. The stress falls on "fox". In IPA it is /ˈfɑksi/.

What is another word for foxy?

Close synonyms include crafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish. 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 foxy a common word?

foxy 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.