fuzz

Other forms of fuzz

plural

fuzzes·

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 fuzz

What does fuzz mean?

fuzz means "filamentous hairlike growth on a plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fuzz?

fuzz has 1 syllable: fuzz. In IPA it is /ˈfʌz/.

What is another word for fuzz?

Close synonyms include hair, tomentum, bull, cop, copper. 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 fuzz a common word?

fuzz 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.