tinny

Other forms of tinny

comparative or superlative

tinnier

comparative or superlative

tinniest

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 tinny

What does tinny mean?

tinny means "of or containing tin". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tinny?

tinny has 2 syllables: tin-ny. The stress falls on "tin". In IPA it is /ˈtɪni/.

What is another word for tinny?

Close synonyms include bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy. 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 tinny a common word?

tinny 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.