Synonyms for dusty

Most common

cold · stale · dust-ridden · arid · powdery · pulverous · pulverulent

All synonyms

Adjective

Antonyms

dustless

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Covered with dust.

Related words

Phrases

dusty miller trusty dusty

Other spellings

dustie

Example sentences

• cold I don't mind the cold, but I can't stand the heat.
• stale Ziri discovered that the birdseed had gone stale.
• arid Algeria's high plateaus are a vast semi-arid area.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

cold¹, arid²

5 letters

stale¹

7 letters

powdery³

9 letters

pulverous

11 letters

pulverulent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arid² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

poussiéreux

Italiano

polveroso

Deutsch

staubig