stony

Other forms of stony

comparative or superlative

stonier

comparative or superlative

stoniest

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 stony

What does stony mean?

stony means "abounding in rocks or stones". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stony?

stony has 2 syllables: sto-ny. The stress falls on "sto". In IPA it is /ˈstoʊni/.

What is another word for stony?

Close synonyms include rocky, bouldery, bouldered, flinty, flint. 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 stony a common word?

stony 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.