kinky

Other forms of kinky

comparative or superlative

kinkier

comparative or superlative

kinkiest

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 kinky

What does kinky mean?

kinky means "(used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kinky?

kinky has 2 syllables: kin-ky. The stress falls on "kin". In IPA it is /ˈkɪŋki/.

What is another word for kinky?

Close synonyms include perverted, crisp, frizzly, frizzy, nappy. 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 kinky a common word?

kinky 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.