Dandy

Meaning of Dandy

noun
  1. a man unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable.
    his floppy handkerchiefs and antique cufflinks gave him the look of a dandy
  2. an excellent thing of its kind.
    the Winchester Model 37 shotgun is a dandy, at a low price
adjective
  1. excellent.
    things are all fine and dandy
  2. relating to or characteristic of a dandy.
    ruffle-fronted dandy shirts

late 18th century: perhaps a shortened form of 17th-century Jack-a-dandy ‘conceited fellow’ (the last element representing Dandy, a pet form of the given name Andrew ).

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Hyphenation of Dandy

Dandy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • Dandy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Dandy synonyms

Meaning bang-up:

bully, corking, cracking, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, peachy, swell, smashing

Meaning dude:

dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, clotheshorse

Meaning yawl:

yawl

Meaning an implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel:

rake

Meaning a wealthy, fashionable socialite:

boulevardier

Meaning a rich or upper-class person:

toff

Meaning a person who is very fashionable or up to date:

trendy

Meaning the flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon:

blade

Meaning the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body:

blood

Meaning the male of some horned animals, especially the fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer, and antelopes:

buck

Meaning a vain and conceited man; a dandy:

coxcomb

Meaning a utensil for mashing food:

masher

Meaning a male peafowl, which has very long tail feathers that have eye-like markings and can be erected and fanned out in display:

peacock

Meaning a vain or conceited person, especially one who dresses or behaves extravagantly:

popinjay

Meaning a small, dapper man or boy:

dapperling

Meaning extremely good; outstanding:

excellent

Meaning very good; excellent:

superb

Meaning exceptionally good:

outstanding

Meaning extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive:

magnificent

Meaning unusual; not typical:

exceptional

Meaning extremely good or pleasing; splendid:

marvellous

Meaning inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous:

wonderful

Meaning of very great excellence or beauty:

sublime

Meaning having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be:

perfect

Meaning (of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere:

eminent

Meaning so good as to be unequalled; incomparable:

matchless

Meaning unequalled; unrivalled:

peerless

Meaning highest in rank or authority:

supreme

Meaning higher in rank, status, or quality:

superior

Meaning of the highest quality or degree:

superlative

Meaning excellent; very good:

splendid

Meaning arousing or deserving respect and approval:

admirable

Meaning having or showing the qualities that deserve the specified action or regard:

worthy

Meaning (of a person or their work or qualities) excellent or valuable:

sterling

Meaning of very high quality; very good of its kind:

fine

Meaning very good or pleasant; excellent:

super

Meaning very good:

ace

Meaning extremely good; excellent:

terrific

Meaning extremely good or impressive; excellent:

tremendous

Meaning extraordinarily good or attractive:

fantastic

Meaning fabulous; wonderful:

fab

Meaning showing stylish excellence:

class

Meaning extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe:

awesome

Meaning wonderful; exciting:

magic

Meaning evil or morally wrong:

wicked

Meaning of or at a fairly low temperature:

cool

Meaning (of light or colour) very bright:

brilliant

Meaning a European flatfish that resembles a turbot:

brill

Meaning excellent:

champion

Meaning tough, uncompromising, or intimidating:

badass

Meaning very good or beautiful:

beaut

Meaning excellent; first-rate:

bonzer, bosker

Meaning excellent; splendid:

spiffing

Meaning splendid; excellent:

ripping

Meaning very good or pleasing; excellent:

topping

Meaning wonderful; excellent:

wizard

Meaning (of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty:

capital

Meaning (of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise and commendation:

applaudable

Dandy antonyms

Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:

poor

Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:

inferior

Words that rhyme with Dandy

Andy, bandy, overbandy, Candy, candy, discandy, dandy, jimdandy, houghmagandy, organdy, Handy, Shandy, handy, merchandy, scrimshandy, shandy, unhandy, Jandy, Kandy, cockandy, kandy, Landy, islandy, Amandy, Mandy, Normandy, Ormandy, normandy, pandy, spandy, Brandy, Randy, Strandy, brandy, cornbrandy, randy, Sandy, quicksandy, sandy, Tandy, quandy, Wandy, wandy

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