lacy

Other forms of lacy

comparative or superlative

lacier

comparative or superlative

laciest

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 lacy

What does lacy mean?

lacy means "made of or resembling lace". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lacy?

lacy has 2 syllables: la-cy. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˈleɪsi/.

What is another word for lacy?

Close synonyms include lacelike, netlike, netted, webbed, weblike. 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 lacy a common word?

lacy 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.