Word.ws English Dictionary

deary

/ˈdɪɹi//ˈdɪəɹi/

deary noun: a dear; a darling.

Noun

deary (plural dearies)

  1. (informal) A dear; a darling.
  2. (informal) A term of address for a female.
    • Listen, deary: I'd appreciate your not talking about my son like that.

Forms of deary

pluraldearies
alternative formdearie

Origin of deary

From dear + -y.

Words that rhyme with deary

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about deary

What does deary mean?
Deary means a dear; a darling.
What part of speech is deary?
Deary is a noun.
How do you pronounce deary?
Deary is pronounced /ˈdɪəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of deary?
The plural of deary is dearies.

Words near deary in the dictionary

  1. dearticulates
  2. dearticulating
  3. dearworth
  4. dearworthiness
  5. dearworthy
  6. deary
  7. deary me
  8. dearylation
  9. dearylations
  10. deas
  11. Dease

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deary.wav.

Cite this entry: “deary.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/deary. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.