reedy

Questions about reedy

What does reedy mean?

reedy means "having a tone of a reed instrument". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reedy?

reedy has 2 syllables: ree-dy. The stress falls on "ree". In IPA it is /ˈɹidi/.

What is another word for reedy?

Close synonyms include wheezy, reedlike. 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 reedy a common word?

reedy 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.