stormy

Other forms of stormy

comparative or superlative

stormier

comparative or superlative

stormiest

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 stormy

What does stormy mean?

stormy means "(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stormy?

stormy has 2 syllables: stor-my. The stress falls on "stor". In IPA it is /ˈstɔɹmi/.

What is another word for stormy?

Close synonyms include tempestuous. 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.

What is the opposite of stormy?

The recorded antonyms are calm.

Is stormy a common word?

stormy 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.