wacky

Other forms of wacky

comparative or superlative

wackier

comparative or superlative

wackiest

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 wacky

What does wacky mean?

wacky means "ludicrous, foolish". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wacky?

wacky has 2 syllables: wac-ky. The stress falls on "wac". In IPA it is /ˈwæki/.

What is another word for wacky?

Close synonyms include goofy, silly, whacky, zany, balmy. 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 wacky a common word?

wacky 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.