washy

Other forms of washy

comparative or superlative

washier

comparative or superlative

washiest

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 washy

What does washy mean?

washy means "overly diluted; thin and insipid". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in washy?

washy has 2 syllables: wa-shy. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈwɑʃi/.

What is another word for washy?

Close synonyms include watery, weak, bleached, faded, washed-out. 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 washy a common word?

washy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.