steamy

Other forms of steamy

comparative or superlative

steamier

comparative or superlative

steamiest

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 steamy

What does steamy mean?

steamy means "filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in steamy?

steamy has 2 syllables: stea-my. The stress falls on "stea". In IPA it is /ˈstimi/.

What is another word for steamy?

Close synonyms include steaming, muggy, sticky, aroused, horny. 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 steamy a common word?

steamy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.