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tranty

tranty adjective: (used in reference to children) Intelligent, advanced, or forward for one's age; precocious.

Adjective

tranty (comparative trantier or more tranty, superlative trantiest or most tranty)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) (used in reference to children) Intelligent, advanced, or forward for one's age; precocious.
    Synonyms:
    old-farrant

Synonyms of tranty

Forms of tranty

comparativetrantier
comparativemore tranty
superlativetrantiest
superlativemost tranty
alternative Scotlandtrantie

Origin of tranty

From trant (“cunning, trickery”) + -y.

Words that rhyme with tranty

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about tranty

What does tranty mean?
Tranty means (used in reference to children) Intelligent, advanced, or forward for one's age; precocious.
What part of speech is tranty?
Tranty is an adjective.

Words near tranty in the dictionary

  1. Tranthams
  2. tranthyretin
  3. Trantifa
  4. tranting
  5. trants
  6. tranty
  7. tranx
  8. tranylcypromine
  9. Tranzschel's law
  10. Traore
  11. Traores

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