tweedy

Other forms of tweedy

comparative or superlative

tweedier

comparative or superlative

tweediest

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 tweedy

What does tweedy mean?

tweedy means "of textiles; having a rough surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tweedy?

tweedy has 2 syllables: twee-dy. The stress falls on "twee". In IPA it is /ˈtwidi/.

What is another word for tweedy?

Close synonyms include homespun, nubby, nubbly, slubbed. 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 tweedy a common word?

tweedy 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.