wavy

Other forms of wavy

comparative or superlative

wavier

comparative or superlative

waviest

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 wavy

What does wavy mean?

wavy means "(of hair) having waves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wavy?

wavy has 2 syllables: wa-vy. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈweɪvi/.

What is another word for wavy?

Close synonyms include crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavelike. 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 wavy a common word?

wavy 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.