downy

Meaning

Adj

1. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
2. (slang) Sharp-witted, perceptive.
3. Low-spirited; down in the mouth.

Noun

1. A blanket filled with down; a duvet.
2. (slang) A bed.

Synonyms

fluffy

soft

fuzzy

flossy

furry

feathery

pubescent

downlike

sericeous

puberulent

airy

light

luxuriant

nappy

plumed

scrubby

sedative

shaggy

sly

smooth

soothing

tranquilizer

woolly

pileous

lanose

cottony

crafty

depressant

down

flaky

fleecy

flocculated

flocculent

hairy

hilly

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdaʊni/

Etymology

From down + -y.