reefy

Questions about reefy

What does reefy mean?

reefy means "full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals".

How many syllables are in reefy?

reefy has 2 syllables and divides as ree-fy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for reefy?

Close synonyms include shelfy, shelvy, shoaly. 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 reefy a common word?

reefy 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.