groovy

Other forms of groovy

comparative or superlative

groovier

comparative or superlative

grooviest

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 groovy

What does groovy mean?

groovy means "very good". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in groovy?

groovy has 2 syllables: groo-vy. The stress falls on "groo". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹuvi/.

What is another word for groovy?

Close synonyms include bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy. 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 groovy a common word?

groovy 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.