lukewarm

Other forms of lukewarm

comparative

lukewarmer·

superlative

lukewarmest·

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 lukewarm

What does lukewarm mean?

lukewarm means "moderately warm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lukewarm?

lukewarm has 2 syllables: luke-warm. The stress falls on "luke". In IPA it is /ˈluˈkwɔɹm/.

What is another word for lukewarm?

Close synonyms include tepid, halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid. 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 lukewarm a common word?

lukewarm 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.