frizzy

Questions about frizzy

What does frizzy mean?

frizzy means "(of hair) in small tight curls".

How many syllables are in frizzy?

frizzy has 2 syllables: friz-zy. The stress falls on "friz".

What is another word for frizzy?

Close synonyms include crisp, frizzly, kinky, nappy. 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 frizzy a common word?

frizzy 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.