sky-blue

Questions about sky-blue

What does sky-blue mean?

sky-blue means "a light shade of blue". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sky-blue?

sky-blue has 2 syllables: sky--blue. The stress falls on "sky-".

What is another word for sky-blue?

Close synonyms include azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, azure. 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 sky-blue a common word?

sky-blue 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.