stringy

Other forms of stringy

comparative or superlative

stringier

comparative or superlative

stringiest

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 stringy

What does stringy mean?

stringy means "lean and sinewy". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stringy?

stringy has 2 syllables: strin-gy. The stress falls on "strin". In IPA it is /ˈstɹɪŋi/.

What is another word for stringy?

Close synonyms include wiry, fibrous, sinewy, unchewable, ropy. 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 stringy a common word?

stringy 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.