teddy

Other forms of teddy

plural

teddies·

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 teddy

What does teddy mean?

teddy means "plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in teddy?

teddy has 2 syllables: ted-dy. The stress falls on "ted". In IPA it is /ˈtɛdi/.

What is another word for teddy?

Close synonyms include teddy bear, chemise, shimmy, shift, slip. 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 teddy a common word?

teddy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.