knee-deep

What does knee-deep mean?

knee-deep means "coming only to the ankle or knee". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in knee-deep?

knee-deep has 2 syllables and divides as knee--deep under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for knee-deep?

Close synonyms include ankle-deep, knee-high. 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 knee-deep a common word?

knee-deep 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for knee-deep come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.