frothy

Other forms of frothy

comparative

frothier·

superlative

frothiest·

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 frothy

What does frothy mean?

frothy means "emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in frothy?

frothy has 2 syllables: fro-thy. The stress falls on "fro". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɔθi/.

What is another word for frothy?

Close synonyms include bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, effervescing. 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 frothy a common word?

frothy 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.