plucky

Other forms of plucky

comparative or superlative

pluckier

comparative or superlative

pluckiest

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 plucky

What does plucky mean?

plucky means "marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in plucky?

plucky has 2 syllables: pluc-ky. The stress falls on "pluc". In IPA it is /ˈplʌki/.

What is another word for plucky?

Close synonyms include gutsy, feisty, spunky. 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 plucky a common word?

plucky 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.