goosey

Other forms of goosey

comparative

gooseyer·

superlative

gooseyest·

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 goosey

What does goosey mean?

goosey means "having or revealing stupidity".

How many syllables are in goosey?

goosey has 2 syllables: goo-sey. The stress falls on "goo". In IPA it is /ˈɡusi/.

What is another word for goosey?

Close synonyms include anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosy. 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 goosey a common word?

goosey is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.