hearty

Other forms of hearty

comparative or superlative

heartier

comparative or superlative

heartiest

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 hearty

What does hearty mean?

hearty means "showing warm and heartfelt friendliness". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hearty?

hearty has 2 syllables: hear-ty. The stress falls on "hear". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹti/.

What is another word for hearty?

Close synonyms include satisfying, solid, square, substantial, full-blooded. 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 hearty a common word?

hearty 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.