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Synonyms for mossy

  • adjective
  • British English

Most common

moss-grown stodgy fogyish mossed mosslike

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Moss-grown

moss-grown, stodgy, fogyish

Other

mossed, mosslike

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Covered in or overgrown with moss.

Related words

Phrases
mossy saxifrage mossy stonecrop
Other spellings
mossie

Example sentences

  • stodgy Bill Maher was never funny, but his politics used to be far less stodgy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mossyrising
stodgyrising
fogyishsteady
mossedsteady
mosslikefalling

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

By length

6 letters
stodgy2, mossed
7 letters
fogyish
8 letters
mosslike2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stodgy2 = 2 syllables).