raffish

Other forms of raffish

comparative

raffisher·

superlative

raffishest·

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 raffish

What does raffish mean?

raffish means "marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in raffish?

raffish has 2 syllables: raf-fish. The stress falls on "raf". In IPA it is /ˈɹæfɪʃ/.

What is another word for raffish?

Close synonyms include dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, rakish. 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 raffish a common word?

raffish 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.