Synonyms for downy
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.
- adj. 2
Sharp-witted, perceptive.
Related words
- Word family
- downiness
- Phrases
- downy birch downy rattlesnake downy oak
Example sentences
- fluffy A barber needs to keep his towels soft and fluffy.
- woolly In winter, I always sleep with woolly socks on.
- pubescent Sami was obsessed with pubescent girls.
By length
- 4 letters
- soft1
- 5 letters
- hairy2, fuzzy2, wooly2
- 6 letters
- smooth1, fluffy2, woolly2, flossy, woolie
- 7 letters
- hirsute2
- 8 letters
- downlike
- 9 letters
- pubescent, sericeous
- 10 letters
- flocculent, puberulent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hairy2 = 2 syllables).