snowy
Syllables: snow·yUK/ˈsnəʊi//ˈsnoʊi/
snowy adjective: marked by snow; characterized by snow.
Adjective
snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest)
- Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
- snowy day
- snowy picture on the television
- Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed.
- snowy hillside
- So we continue climbing to the saddle of the Kleine Scheidegg, where ahead there comes into view the wide expanse of the Grindelwald valley, backed by the snowy crown of the Wetterhorn.1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752
- Snow-white in color; white as snow.
- A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.1873, Grace Ramsay, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 4
- Disgusted with the world and worldlings, I drove down to an estate of my father's, in Suffolk, determined to “misanthropise” and be romantic ; but all my plans were disconcerted by the “Large blue eyes, fair locks, and snowy hands” of Miss Emily Hathenden, whose estate bordered on my own.1888, The Lady's Book - Volumes 6-7, page 243
- Synonyms:
- niveous
Noun
snowy (plural snowies)
- Synonym of snowy owl.
- […] the snowy was successful in forty-two percent of its strikes.1981, Kansas Wildlife, volumes 38-39, page 31
- Adult male snowies are nearly white. They become whiter as they get older. Female birds are usually white with narrow black or brown bars and spots. Young snowies are darker than the adults, and they have heavier markings.2010, Elaine Landau, Snowy Owls: Hunters of the Snow and Ice
- Synonyms:
- snowy owl
- Synonym of snowy egret.
- Synonyms:
- snowy egret
Proper noun capitalized: Snowy
Snowy
- A common name for a white dog
- Brian had a dog, Snowy, a cute bichon frise. Brian fed him with organic food. And he strained his morning mango juice.2020, Millie Estevez, The Chelsea Widow
snowy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
snowy in Hindi
- snowy
- बर्फ़ानी barfānī, बर्फ़ीला barfīlā
snowy in Tamil
- வெண்பனி மிகுந்த, பனி மூடிய, பனிபோல வெண்மையான, தூய
snowy in Urdu
- برفیلی
snowy in Bengali
- তুষারাবৃত, তুষারময়
More languagesFewer languages
- snowy in Malayalam
- ഹിമമയമായ, നിർമ്മലമായ
- snowy in Kannada
- ಹಿಮಭರಿತ
- snowy in Punjabi
- ਬਰਫ਼ਾਨੀ barfānī, ਬਰਫ਼ੀਲਾ barfīlā
- snowy in Gujarati
- બરફીલા
- snowy in Sanskrit
- हिमवत् himavát
- snowy in Arabic
- ثَلْجِيّ ṯaljiyy
- snowy in Persian
- برفی barfi
Examples of snowy in a sentence
- It's a cold, snowy day and I'm going to wrap up thoroughly before I go sledding.
- Bostonians eagerly await the arrival of spring after a long, cold, snowy winter.
- Some residents of Alaska suffer from cabin fever when they remain indoors throughout the long, snowy winters.
Synonyms of snowy
Forms of snowy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | snowier |
| superlative | snowiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | snowies |
Origin of snowy
From Middle English snowy, snawy; from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y.
Words formed from snowy
- snowily
- snowiness
- snowy albatross
- snowy angle
- snowy auk
- snowy barbet
- snowy bolete
- snowy bumble bee
- snowy campion
- snowy cinquefoil
- snowy cotinga
- snowy curculio
- snowy daisy-bush
- snowy dart
- snowy egret
- snowy falcon
- snowy footman
- snowy gabara
- snowy geometer moth
- snowy gooseberry
- snowy grouper
- snowy hare
- snowy heron
- snowy hydrangea
- snowy inky cap
- snowy ink cap
- snowyish
- snowy lemming
- snowy limpet
- snowy map lichen
- snowy masked bee
- snowy mason
- snowy mespil
- snowy mespilus
- snowy mining bee
- snowy mintbush
- snowy missile Meza indusiata)
- Snowy Monaro
- Snowy Mountains
- snowy orchid
- snowy owl
- snowy oysterling
- snowy pear
- snowy petrel
- Snowy Plain
- snowy plover
- Snowy River
- snowy sheathbill
- snowy thistle
- snowy tree cricket
- snowy twig pruner
- Snowy Valleys
- snowy waxcap
- snowy woodrush
- snowy woodwax)
- unsnowy
Phrases with snowy
Words that rhyme with snowy
Questions about snowy
- What does snowy mean?
- Snowy means marked by snow; characterized by snow.
- What is snowy in Hindi?
- Snowy in Hindi is बर्फ़ानी (barfānī), बर्फ़ीला (barfīlā). See Snowy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is snowy?
- Snowy can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce snowy?
- Snowy is pronounced /ˈsnəʊi/ (UK).
Words near snowy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: snowy (page history and authors); Snowy (page history and authors); बर्फ़ानी (Hindi) (page history and authors); snowy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snowy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snowy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snowy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snowy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਬਰਫ਼ਾਨੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); snowy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); हिमवत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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