lathery

1. 1.

   resembling lather or covered with lather

   Synonymssudsy

Questions about lathery

What does lathery mean?

lathery means "resembling lather or covered with lather".

How many syllables are in lathery?

lathery has 3 syllables and divides as la-the-ry 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 lathery?

Close synonyms include sudsy. 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 lathery a common word?

lathery is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.