Word.ws English Dictionary

goody goody

goody goody is the alternative spelling of goody-goody.

goody goody is the alternative form of goody-goody.

Meaning of goody-goody

Adjective

goody-goody (comparative goody-goodier, superlative goody-goodiest)

  1. (derogatory) Mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious.

See all 2 meanings of goody-goody

Forms of goody goody

Adjective
comparativemore goody goody
superlativemost goody goody
Noun
pluralgoody goodies

Questions about goody goody

What is goody goody the alternative spelling of?
Goody goody is the alternative spelling of goody-goody.

Words near goody goody in the dictionary

  1. Goodwyns
  2. goody
  3. goody bag
  4. goody bags
  5. goody goodies
  6. goody goody
  7. goody goody gumdrops
  8. goody gumdrops
  9. goody two shoes
  10. goody two-shoes
  11. goody-goodier

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: goody goody (page history and authors); goody-goody (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:

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