wispy

1. 1.

   thin and weak

   “a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet”

   Synonymswisplike

   Similarthin
2. 2.

   lacking clarity or distinctness

   “a dim figure in the distance”

   “only a faint recollection”

   “shadowy figures in the gloom”

   “saw a vague outline of a building through the fog”

   “a few wispy memories of childhood”

   Synonymsdimfaintshadowyvague

   Similarindistinct

Other forms of wispy

comparative or superlative

wispier

comparative or superlative

wispiest

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 wispy

What does wispy mean?

wispy means "thin and weak". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wispy?

wispy has 2 syllables: wis-py. The stress falls on "wis". In IPA it is /ˈwɪspi/.

What is another word for wispy?

Close synonyms include wisplike, dim, faint, shadowy, vague. 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 wispy a common word?

wispy 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.