kooky

Other forms of kooky

comparative or superlative

kookier

comparative or superlative

kookiest

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 kooky

What does kooky mean?

kooky means "informal or slang terms for mentally irregular".

How many syllables are in kooky?

kooky has 2 syllables: koo-ky. The stress falls on "koo". In IPA it is /ˈkuki/.

What is another word for kooky?

Close synonyms include balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers. 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 kooky a common word?

kooky 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.