goody

Other forms of goody

plural

goodies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about goody

What does goody mean?

goody means "something considered choice to eat".

How many syllables are in goody?

goody has 2 syllables: good-y. The stress falls on "good". In IPA it is /ˈɡʊdi/.

What is another word for goody?

Close synonyms include dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat. 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.

Is goody a common word?

goody is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.