Groovy

Definition: Groovy

Groovy

Adjective

1. (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing".

2. (British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Groovy

Groovy, smashing (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Groovy! (Satan's Sadists; writing credit: Dennis Wayne)

Hey there, groovy chicks (The Brady Bunch Movie; writing credit: Laurice Elehwany)

Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love, oh (A Groovy Kind Of Love; performing artist: Phil Collins)

Got a groovy little chick named Rockin' Millie (Limbo Rock/Hand Jive; performing artist: Brave Combo)

Big bell bottoms and groovy long hair (AM Radio; performing artist: Everclear)

It's so groovy, it's outta sight (Epic; performing artist: Faith No More)

When I'm rappin' to the rhythm of a groovy beat ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

Sabrina and the Groovy Ghoulies (1970)

Acid Is Groovy Kill the Pigs (1993)

The Groovy Fellers (1989)

Groovy Train (performing artist: The Farm)

Groovy Situation (performing artist: Gene Chandler)

THE 59th STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY)  (performing artist: Harpers Bizarre )

GROOVY KIND OF LOVE  (performing artist: Mindbenders )

Groovy Kind Of Love (performing artist: Phil Collins)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Groovy Map & Guide Phuket & Krabi (reference)

• Groovy Map N Guide Bangkok By Day (reference)

• Groovy Tube Books: Bug Blast! (reference)

• Scooby-Doo! and the Groovy Ghost (Scooby-Doo Mysteries, 8) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Love Chronicles: Groovy Kind of Love (reference)

• Shindig Presents: Groovy Gals (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Groovy (reference)

• Totally Groovy 60's (60-63) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Barbie Groovy Games (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Beginning with "groovy": groovy-looking.

Ending with "groovy": dee-groovy.

Bulgarian 

рутинен (routine), отличен (alpha plus, banner, crack, excellent, fine, grand, immense, master stroke, masterly, mean, nailing, peachy, pre eminent, prime, prize, roaring, slick, spanking, splendid, superb, unexceptionable, whizbang, wicked, wizard), приятен (acceptable, agreeable, cheerful, clever, companionable, cozy, darling, easy, engaging, enjoyable, good, gracious, grateful, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, likely, luscious, merry, musical, nice, nice-looking, not unwelcome, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, rose colored, rose coloured, sapid, satisfying, savoury, soft, sweet, sympathetic, toothsome, welcome). (various references)

Chinese 

时髦 (stylish, trendy). (various references)

Czech

senzaèní (delicious, fine, gorgeous, grand, great, hot, magic, mean, sensational, smashing, startling, stunning, swell, terrific, thrilling, wonderful), prima (finely, goody, ok, okay, okey-dokey, posh, swell, top-hole), bájeèný (blissful, fabulous, glorious, gorgeous, great, magic, magnificent, nailing, priceless, terrific, wonderful, wondrous, yummy). (various references)

German

in Ordnung (agreed, all right, alright, decent, it was nothing, o.k., okay, spick and span, to remedy), handwerksmäßig. (various references)

Greek 

ευχάριστοσ (agreeable, congenial, consonant, convivial, cosy, cozy, delectable, engaging, gladsome, jaunty, piquant, pleasant, pleasing, satisfactory). (various references)

Hebrew 

קצבי (rhythmic). (various references)

Hungarian

sablonos (conventional, stereotyped, stereotypical, trite), rutinos (accomplished), rutin (routine), rovátkás (scored, striate, striated), megszokott (accustomed, common or garden, conventional, familiar, general, habitual, ordinary, recognized, stock, to move in a rut, wont, wonted), hornyos (notched), barázdás (furrowed, ridged, ridgy). (various references)

Indonesian

menyenangkan (agreeable, amusing, comfortable, congenial, cozy, enjoyable, entertaining, fine, pleasant). (various references)

Italian

in ordine (okay, Square, taut). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

翔んでる (far-out, flipped out), グリニッジ標準時 (glimpse, glue, green peas, Greenwich mean time, griffon, grill, group, group discussion, group dynamics, group interview, groupie, grouping, grouping-effect, rock band). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

グルービー , とんでる (far-out, flipped out). (various references)

Korean 

홈 같은. (various references)

Pig Latin

oovygray.(various references)

Romanian

groaznic (appalling, awful, awfully, baleful, desperate, dire, dreadful, foul, frightful, ghastly, grim, gruesome, horrendous, horrent, horrible, horribly, horrid, howling, lousy, miserable, miserably, monstrous, sad, scary, shocking, terrible, terribly, vile), macabru (grim, gruesome, macabre). (various references)

Russian 

отличный (beaut, crackerjack, excellent, slashing, splendiferous, supercalifragilisticexpealodoshios, supercalifrigilisticexpealidoshis, tiptop, tops), ограниченный (blinkered, borne, bound, clannish, confined, cramped, finite, handicapped, hidebound, illiberal, incapacious, limitary, limited, limited to, meager, meagre, narrow, narrow gauge, narrow minded, narrow-minded, one track, parochial, qualified, restrained, restricted, scant, scanty, small minded, small-scale), превосходный (admirable, bang-up, beautiful, capital, clinking, divine, excellent, fine, grand, hunky-dory, jim-dandy, nailing, once-stellar, palmary, posh, prime, smashing, spanking, superb, superlative, surpassing, tiptop, top-hole, topnotch, top-notch, transcendent, unexceptionable, unexceptional). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

jednostran (lop-sided, one sided, unilateral), divan (admirable, adorable, davenport, delightful, delightsome, divan, divan bed, divine, dreamy, gorgeous, great, high-toned, jolly, lovely, magnificent, neat, nifty, scrumptious, sofa, splendid, stunning, superb, terrific). (various references)

Spanish

chido (cool). (various references)

Swedish

häftig (ardent, be furious, blustery, darting, excessive, explosive, exquisite, ferocious, fierce, flaming, fulminant, furious, gusty, heady, heavy, impetuous, intense, irascible, jazzy, keen, passionate, quick, quick tempered, rude, smart, throe, vehement, violent, virulent, volcanic). (various references)

Turkish

geleneksel (classic, conventional, customary, folksy, institutional, set, traditional), modern (advanced, contemporary, hip, in the groove, latterday, modern, neoteric, new, streamlined, up to date), modaya uygun (a la mode, chic, fashionable, hip, in style, in the groove, in the ton, in vogue, modish, saucy, snazzy, stylish, tonish), klişeleşmiş (ready, routine, stereotyped, well worn), harika (beautiful, bully, cool, corking, divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, far out, gorgeous, immense, in the groove, jolly good, keen, marvel, marvellous, marvelous, miracle, no mean, old, phenomenal, phenomenon, prodigious, prodigy, ripping, scrumptious, splendid, swell, whizz, wicked, wizard, wonder, wonderful, wondrous, yummy, yum-yum). (various references)

Misspellings

"Groovy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Egorov, Egorova, gonovii, goovy, Gorkova, Gorohova, Gorvie, grbovic, Greevy, Grocyn, grody, groo, Groody, groomy, groopy, groov, Groovey, grov, grovey, Gurov, Gurtovoi, Ugromov. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: gory, gyro, orgy.

-3 letters: goo, gor, goy.

-4 letters: go, or, oy, yo.

+2 letters: virology.

+4 letters: overjoying, vigorously.

+5 letters: provokingly.