KOOKY Synonyms: 243 Similar and Opposite Words

kooky

adjective

ˈkü-kē

variants also kookie

as in bizarre

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers

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as in silly

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment a kooky bicyclist who stubbornly refuses to wear a helmet that was a kooky thing to do

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Recent Examples of kooky One of the great classic sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show, followed the life of Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) in his small southern town of Mayberry, with all of its delightfully kooky residents. —

Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026 Shannon McCarthy brings out the kooky side of Maureen, Eboni Muse is dignified and restrained as the ever-patient Joanne, and Juwan Stanford is conflicted as Benny. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025 Not that kooks would think kooky things. —

Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025 There are also instructions for plenty of creepy cocktails and even craft projects for constructing kooky table decor to match. —

Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kooky

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Adjective

That’s just a really bizarre back and forth to exist in.

— Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
As the story builds toward a violent showdown between the mourners and the town, the reader will be entranced by its surreal language and bizarre logic.

— Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026