spicy

1. 1.

   producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

   “hot salsa”

   “jalapeno peppers are very hot”

   “a spicy sauce”

   “I like my chili extra spicy”

   Synonymshot

   Similartasty
2. 2.

   suggestive of sexual impropriety

   “a blue movie”

   “blue jokes”

   “he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details”

   “a juicy scandal”

   “a naughty wink”

   “naughty words”

   “racy anecdotes”

   “a risque story”

   “spicy gossip”

   Synonymsbluegamygameyjuicynaughtyracyrisque

   Similarsexy

Other forms of spicy

comparative or superlative

spicier

comparative or superlative

spiciest

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 spicy

What does spicy mean?

spicy means "producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spicy?

spicy has 2 syllables: spi-cy. The stress falls on "spi". In IPA it is /ˈspaɪsi/.

What is another word for spicy?

Close synonyms include hot, blue, gamy, gamey, juicy. 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 spicy a common word?

spicy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.