Home › Words › N › nubbinessnubbinessnubbiness means the state or condition of being nubby.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nubbiness ranks #28,929 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom nubby + -ness.nounThe state or condition of being nubby.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.knobbiness 80% match — The state or condition of being knobby. vs nubbiness →nubbly 79% match — Rough or lumpy. vs nubbiness →knobbliness 77% match — The state or condition of being knobbly. vs nubbiness →nubbed 76% match — nubby; containing nubs vs nubbiness →snubbiness 70% match — The state or condition of being snubby. vs nubbiness →nubbled 69% match — containing nubbles vs nubbiness →knubby 65% match — lumpy; knobbly vs nubbiness →nippiness 64% match — The condition of being nippy. vs nubbiness →