spacy

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/ˈspeɪsi/

adjective

spaced-out

“This car is very spacy.”

Similar
spaced-outspaceyunconventional
OriginEnglish space ← Middle English space ← Anglo-Norman space →
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Meanings

adjectivespacy (comparative spacier, superlative spaciest)

comparative spacier · superlative spaciest · alternative spacey

  1. colloquialspaced-out
  2. colloquialeccentric
  3. colloquialspacious; having much space

    This car is very spacy.

  4. colloquialof, related to or connected with the extraterrestrial

    His latest CD sounds very spacy.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivestupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug

Similar
spaced-outspaceyunconventional
Also see
eccentricspaced-out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinspatium
  2. Old Frenchespace
  3. Anglo-Normanspace
  4. Middle Englishspace
  5. Englishspace
  6. Englishspacy

From space + -y.

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Translations

Czech snový, bizarně znějící
  • snovýeccentric
  • bizarně znějícíeccentric
  • prostornýspacious
  • nadpozemskýhaving extraterrestrial aspect
  • snovýhaving extraterrestrial aspect
Spanish en Babia, despalomado
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Cite this entry
APA

spacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacy

MLA

“spacy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spacy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacy.

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