spiffy

Other forms of spiffy

comparative or superlative

spiffier

comparative or superlative

spiffiest

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 spiffy

What does spiffy mean?

spiffy means "marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners".

How many syllables are in spiffy?

spiffy has 2 syllables: spif-fy. The stress falls on "spif". In IPA it is /ˈspɪfi/.

What is another word for spiffy?

Close synonyms include dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish. 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 spiffy a common word?

spiffy 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.