soapy

Other forms of soapy

comparative or superlative

soapier

comparative or superlative

soapiest

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 soapy

What does soapy mean?

soapy means "resembling or having the qualities of soap". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in soapy?

soapy has 2 syllables: soa-py. The stress falls on "soa". In IPA it is /ˈsoʊpi/.

What is another word for soapy?

Close synonyms include saponaceous, buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous. 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 soapy a common word?

soapy 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.