sissy

Other forms of sissy

plural

sissies·

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 sissy

What does sissy mean?

sissy means "a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sissy?

sissy has 2 syllables: sis-sy. The stress falls on "sis". In IPA it is /ˈsɪsi/.

What is another word for sissy?

Close synonyms include pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast, effeminate. 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 sissy a common word?

sissy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.