sandy

adjective

ˈsan-dē 

sandier; sandiest

1

a

: consisting of or containing sand : full of sand

b

: sprinkled with sand

2

: of the color sand

sandiness noun

Synonyms of sandy

• blond
• tawny

Examples of sandy in a Sentence

The soil in my garden is very sandy.

the child with sandy hair really stood out among the brunettes

Recent Examples on the Web

The seemingly unconnected and largely overlooked disappearances of young women became the focus of true-crime documentaries, books and podcasts after police began discovering the victims’ skeletal remains in the sandy scrub along a coastal parkway. —Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

The sandy shores are combed for seaweed and trash nightly, which earned the town a Blue Wave certification. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026

Herring Cove Beach and Race Point Beach are two of Provincetown's most beloved sandy stretches, connected via a bike and walking path through the dunes of the National Seashore. —Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026

The sod-on-plastic gets placed atop a sandy zone for the turfgrass root system, and beneath that is a drainage layer with gravel. —Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for sandy

• bandy
• brandy
• candy
• dandy
• grandee
• randy
• shandy

Kids Definition

sandy

adjective

ˈsan-dē 

sandier; sandiest

1

: consisting of, containing, or sprinkled with sand

2

: of a yellowish gray color

Geographical Definition

Sandy

geographical name

ˈsan-dē 

city in northern Utah south of Salt Lake City population 87,461