racy

Other forms of racy

comparative or superlative

racier

comparative or superlative

raciest

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 racy

What does racy mean?

racy means "full of zest or vigor". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in racy?

racy has 2 syllables: ra-cy. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪsi/.

What is another word for racy?

Close synonyms include lively, full-bodied, rich, robust, blue. 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 racy a common word?

racy 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.