rheumy

Questions about rheumy

What does rheumy mean?

rheumy means "moist, damp, wet (especially of air)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rheumy?

rheumy has 3 syllables: rhe-u-my. The stress falls on "rhe".

What is another word for rheumy?

Close synonyms include arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid. 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 rheumy a common word?

rheumy 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.