jaunty

Other forms of jaunty

comparative or superlative

jauntier

comparative or superlative

jauntiest

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 jaunty

What does jaunty mean?

jaunty means "marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jaunty?

jaunty has 2 syllables: jaun-ty. The stress falls on "jaun". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɔnti/.

What is another word for jaunty?

Close synonyms include dapper, dashing, natty, raffish, rakish. 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 jaunty a common word?

jaunty 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.