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- [spey-see]
- /ˈspeɪ si/
- /ˈspeɪ.si/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spey-see]
- /ˈspeɪ si/
Definitions of spacey word
- adjective spacey spaced-out (def 2). 1
- adjective spacey You can use spacey to describe things, especially music, which seem strange, especially because they are very modern or like things in a dream. 0
- adjective spacey vague and dreamy, as if under the influence of drugs 0
- noun spacey Kevin, original name Kevin Spacey Fowler. born 1959, US actor; films include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Usual Suspects (1995), and American Beauty (1999), which earned him an Academy Award; artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre Company, London, from 2003 to 2015. He received an honorary knighthood in 2015 0
- abbreviation SPACEY spaced-out 0
- adjective spacey very eccentric or unconventional 0
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Origin of spacey
First appearance:
before 1965 One of the 2% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1965-70; space + -ey1
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Parts of speech for Spacey
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spacey popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spacey usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spacey
adj spacey
- absent-minded — Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.
- airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- amnesic — a person affected by amnesia.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- detached — Someone who is detached is not personally involved in something or has no emotional interest in it.
adjective spacey
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
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