seamy

Other forms of seamy

comparative or superlative

seamier

comparative or superlative

seamiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about seamy

What does seamy mean?

seamy means "showing a seam". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seamy?

seamy has 2 syllables: sea-my. The stress falls on "sea". In IPA it is /ˈsimi/.

What is another word for seamy?

Close synonyms include seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid. 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 seamy a common word?

seamy 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.