knee-high

Questions about knee-high

What does knee-high mean?

knee-high means "a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in knee-high?

knee-high has 2 syllables: knee--high. The stress falls on "knee-".

What is another word for knee-high?

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

knee-high 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.