watery

Questions about watery

What does watery mean?

watery means "filled with water". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in watery?

watery has 3 syllables: wa-te-ry. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈwɔtɚi/.

What is another word for watery?

Close synonyms include reeking, washy, weak. 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 watery a common word?

watery 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.