techy

Other forms of techy

comparative or superlative

techier

comparative or superlative

techiest

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 techy

What does techy mean?

techy means "easily irritated or annoyed".

How many syllables are in techy?

techy has 2 syllables: tec-hy. The stress falls on "tec". In IPA it is /ˈtɛtʃi/.

What is another word for techy?

Close synonyms include cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish. 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 techy a common word?

techy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.