groovy

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɡruːvi/ UK /ˈɡruːvi/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
fashionable and excellent (informal, dated)

They danced all night to some groovy old records.

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Synonyms

1 adj · fashionable and excellent... cool fashionable excellent hipfabstylish wonderful

Opposites

unfashionable squareuncool

Word family

Derived forms grooviness

Related forms groove

Etymology

From groove + -y, originally jazz slang ('in the groove', playing well), from groove (the track of a phonograph record). The general 'excellent' sense flourished in 1960s slang.

groeve Middle Dutch *grōbō Proto-Germanic

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# groovy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈɡruːvi
**IPA (UK):** ˈɡruːvi

## Meanings
1. fashionable and excellent (informal, dated)

## Examples
- They danced all night to some groovy old records.

## Synonyms
- cool
- fashionable
- excellent
- hip
- fab
- stylish
- wonderful

## Antonyms
- unfashionable
- square
- uncool

## Derived Forms
- grooviness

## Related Forms
- groove

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: groeve
- Root: *grōbō

## Etymology
From groove + -y, originally jazz slang ('in the groove', playing well), from groove (the track of a phonograph record). The general 'excellent' sense flourished in 1960s slang.

## AI Etymology
Groovy comes from groove + -y, originally jazz slang ('in the groove', playing well), from groove (the track of a phonograph record). The general 'excellent' sense flourished in 1960s slang. The suffix is part of the word's derivational shape, marking the final grammatical or semantic role while the base supplies the central meaning. As an adjective, it carries the sense "fashionable and excellent (informal, dated)", with the older formation still helping explain the modern use. Relevant historical forms include Middle Dutch groeve and Proto-Germanic *grōbō. Derivative forms include grooviness; related words include groove.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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