ropiness

Questions about ropiness

What does ropiness mean?

ropiness means "the property of being cohesive and sticky".

How many syllables are in ropiness?

ropiness has 3 syllables: ro-pi-ness. The stress falls on "ro".

What is another word for ropiness?

Close synonyms include cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, tackiness. 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 ropiness a common word?

ropiness 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.