tepid

Other forms of tepid

comparative

tepidder·

superlative

tepiddest·

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 tepid

What does tepid mean?

tepid means "moderately warm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tepid?

tepid has 2 syllables: tep-id. The stress falls on "tep". In IPA it is /ˈtɛpɪd/.

What is another word for tepid?

Close synonyms include lukewarm, halfhearted, half-hearted, lukewarm. 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 tepid a common word?

tepid 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.