sunny

A1
US /ˈsʊni/ UK /ˈsʌni/
adj name adv noun Freq #4319

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Featuring a lot of sunshine.

    Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.

  2. 2
    adj

    Receiving a lot of sunshine.

    the sunny side of a hill

  3. 3
    adj

    Cheerful.

    a person with a sunny disposition

  4. 4
    adj

    Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

    sunny beams

  5. 5
    name

    A unisex given name.

    Sunny White was apprehended in Flathead County Friday on a warrant out of Lake County charging her with vehicular homicide while under the influence in the March 2023 death of 22-year-old Mika Westwolf.

  6. 6
    adj

    bright and pleasant

  7. 7
    adv

    sunny side up

  8. 8
    noun

    A sunfish.

Etymology

From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
6 adj · bright and pleasant cheery
More brightcheerfulsunlitsunshiny
Word family
Derived forms sunnilysunninessunsunny

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