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indy

Syllables: In·dy/ˈɪndi/

indy noun: an independent entity.

Noun (1)

indy (plural indies)

  1. An independent entity.
    • To survive, an indy needed hits big enough that distributors would pay up overdue accounts to get them2004, Michael Lydon, Ray Charles: Man and Music, page 80

Adjective

indy (not comparable)

  1. Independent, unaffiliated (especially not affiliated with a major organization or company).

Noun (2)

indy (plural indies or indys)

  1. A car designed to meet the rules on the Indianapolis 500 car race.
    Synonyms:
    indy car, indycar, Formula Indy car, Formula Indy
  2. (broadly) An open-wheel open-cockpit single-seat racecar
    Synonyms:
    indy car, indycar
  3. (broadly) A motorcar race that uses this type of car
    Synonyms:
    indy car race, indycar race

Proper noun capitalized: Indy

Indy

  1. (informal) Indianapolis.
  2. (informal) The fictional archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones.
    • But while Dial may have all the right pieces on the board to make for another classic entry in the saga, Indy’s latest adventure is a lackluster attempt at reconciling the old with the new.2023 June 28, Lauren Coates, “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny review: Harrison Ford goes to the whip”, in AV Club
  3. (UK, informal) The Independent, a British newspaper.

Phrase capitalized: INDY

INDY

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of I'm not dead yet (“a fruit-fly gene, mutant versions of which are said to have increased the organism's lifespan”).

indy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

indy in Hindi

इंडी, इन्डी

indy in Tamil

இண்டீ, இன்டி, இண்டி

indy in Telugu

ఇండీ

indy in Malayalam

ഇൻഡി
More languagesFewer languages
indy in Kannada
ಇಂಡೀ

Synonyms of indy

  • indy car
  • indycar
  • Formula Indy car
  • Formula Indy
  • indy car race
  • indycar race

Forms of indy

pluralindies
pluralindys

Origin of indy

From independent, by shortening, + -y.

From Indianapolis (“location of major car race”).

Clipping of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Independent + -y.

Words formed from indy

Words that rhyme with indy

Questions about indy

What does indy mean?
Indy means an independent entity.
What is indy in Hindi?
Indy in Hindi is इंडी, इन्डी. See Indy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is indy?
Indy can be a noun, an adjective, a proper noun or a phrase.
How do you pronounce indy?
Indy is pronounced /ˈɪndi/.
What is the plural of indy?
The plural of indy is indies.

Words near indy in the dictionary

  1. indwelling catheter
  2. indwelling catheters
  3. indwellings
  4. indwells
  5. indwelt
  6. indy
  7. Indy car
  8. indy-curious
  9. Indyref
  10. Indyref2
  11. inearth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: indy (page history and authors); Indy (page history and authors); INDY (page history and authors); indy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

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