fusty

Other forms of fusty

comparative or superlative

fustier

comparative or superlative

fustiest

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 fusty

What does fusty mean?

fusty means "stale and unclean smelling". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fusty?

fusty has 2 syllables: fus-ty. The stress falls on "fus". In IPA it is /ˈfʌˌsti/.

What is another word for fusty?

Close synonyms include musty, frowsty, standpat, unprogressive, nonprogressive. 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 fusty a common word?

fusty is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fusty?

3 words rhyme with fusty. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.