mossy

Other forms of mossy

comparative

mossier·

superlative

mossiest·

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 mossy

What does mossy mean?

mossy means "overgrown with moss". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mossy?

mossy has 2 syllables: mos-sy. The stress falls on "mos". In IPA it is /ˈmɔsi/.

What is another word for mossy?

Close synonyms include moss-grown, fogyish, moss-grown, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy. 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 mossy a common word?

mossy 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.