Synonyms for dandy
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Bang-up — excellent; first-rate
great, gurt UK, bang-up informal, neat, slap-up informal, not bad, first-rate, bully, peachy, groovy, old, splendid, terrific, out of sight, marvelous US, marvellous UK, glorious, excellent, keen, corking, crack-a-jack, crackerjack US, stunning, superior, sensational
2. Foppish — like a dandy, foppish
foppish, lily-handed, dandified, coxcombical, dandyistic, foppy, buckish dated
3. Well and good — very good; better than expected but not as good as could be
Noun
1. Fop
gallant, fashionable, clothes horse, fashion plate, masher, puppy, popinjay, sheikh UK, sheik CA, spark, coxcomb, fribble, fop dated, dude dated, beau dated, exquisite rare, buck dated UK, jack-a-dandy dated, macaroni dated, blade dated, metrosexual dated, blood dated
2. Andor — an open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles
Other
carpet knight, yawl, jack-a-napes, foretop dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Like a dandy, foppish.
- adj. 2
Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
- n. 1
An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.
1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:
- n. 2
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
Related words
- Word family
- dandy-horse
- Phrases
- dandy fever dandy-horse
- Is a kind of
- effeminate man man
- Other spellings
- dandee dandi
Forms
- Plural
- dandies → gallants, fashionables, mashers, puppies…
Example sentences
- neat No one is so poor that he cannot afford to be neat.
- splendid His nephew was absorbed in the splendid fireworks.
- groovy I'm having a groovy time tonight.
- peachy What a great day! I'm feeling peachy!
By length
- 3 letters
- old1, fop1
- 4 letters
- dude1, keen1, neat1, buck1, beau1, yawl, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, blood1, blade1, puppy2, spark1, bully2, sheik1, andor, foppy
- 6 letters
- sheikh1, groovy2, peachy2, masher, jampan
- 7 letters
- gallant2, corking2, foppish, coxcomb, foretop, buckish, fribble
- 8 letters
- superior4, stunning2, glorious3, terrific3, splendid2, macaroni4, popinjay
- 9 letters
- excellent3, exquisite3, marvelous3, dandified
- 10 letters
- marvellous3, dandyistic
- 11 letters
- fashionable4, sensational4, metrosexual5, crackerjack3, coxcombical
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puppy2 = 2 syllables).