tricky

Other forms of tricky

comparative or superlative

trickier

comparative or superlative

trickiest

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 tricky

What does tricky mean?

tricky means "not to be trusted". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tricky?

tricky has 2 syllables: tric-ky. The stress falls on "tric". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɪki/.

What is another word for tricky?

Close synonyms include slippery, catchy, crafty, cunning, dodgy. 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 tricky a common word?

tricky 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.