spumy

Questions about spumy

What does spumy mean?

spumy means "emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation".

How many syllables are in spumy?

spumy has 2 syllables and divides as spu-my under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for spumy?

Close synonyms include bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy. 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 spumy a common word?

spumy 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.