Adjacent Words

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing]
2: (British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes" [syn: groovy, swagger]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (groovier; -est) Date: circa 1937 1. marvelous, wonderful, excellent <felt that this poetry was…enjoyable, not to mention groovy — R. M. Muccigrosso> 2. hip, trendy <a younger and groovier audience — Robert MacKenzie>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (groovier, grooviest) 1 sl. fashionable and exciting; enjoyable, excellent. 2 of or like a groove. Derivatives: groovily adv. grooviness n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(groovier, grooviest) If you describe something as groovy, you mean that it is attractive, fashionable, or exciting. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) ...the grooviest club in London. ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

OK, ace-high, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss, bully, but good, cool, corking, crackerjack, dandy, delicious, divine, ducky, fab, fine and dandy, gear, glorious, go-go, goody, great, heavy, hep, hip, hot, hunky-dory, into, jam-up, just dandy, keen, marvy, mean, neat, nifty, nobby, okay, on the beam, out of sight, peachy, peachy-keen, really into, ripping, rum, scrumptious, slap-up, smashing, solid, something else, spiffing, spiffy, stunning, swell, tough, with it, wizard