satiny

Questions about satiny

What does satiny mean?

satiny means "having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light".

How many syllables are in satiny?

satiny has 3 syllables: sa-ti-ny. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for satiny?

Close synonyms include sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick. 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 satiny a common word?

satiny 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.