cockamamy

1. 1.

   informal term for ridiculous and implausible

   “he gave me a cockamamie reason for not going”

   Synonymscockamamie

   Similarimplausible

   colloquialism

Questions about cockamamy

What does cockamamy mean?

cockamamy means "informal term for ridiculous and implausible".

How many syllables are in cockamamy?

cockamamy has 4 syllables: coc-ka-ma-my. The stress falls on "ka".

What is another word for cockamamy?

Close synonyms include cockamamie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.