Synonyms for hunky dory
- adequate
- common
- decent
- fair
- respectable
- sufficient
- tolerable
- A-OK
- admissible
- all right
- average
- big
- cooking with gas
- cool
- copacetic
- delightful
- hep
- hip
- hunky-dory
- in the swim
- kosher
- large
- okay
- on the ball
- on the beam
- passable
- peachy keen
- pleasant
- pleasing
- right on
- standard
- swell
- trendy
- unexceptional
- unobjectionable
- up to code
- up to snuff
- welcome
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Antonyms for hunky dory
- bad
- inadequate
- insufficient
- intolerable
- poor
- unrespectable
- unsuitable
- disagreeable
- disturbing
- unacceptable
- unsatisfactory
- unwelcome
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR HUNKY DORY
Sometimes she will come running in, and say, "I am so hunky dory I don't know what to do; want sonton to neat."
WORD ORIGIN
1866, American English (popularized c.1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps a reduplication of hunkey "all right, satisfactory" (1861), from hunk "in a safe position" (1847) New York City slang, from Dutch honk "goal, home," from Middle Dutch honc "place of refuge, hiding place." A theory from 1876, however, traces it to Honcho dori, said to be a street in Yokohama, Japan, where sailors went for diversions of the sort sailors enjoy.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR HUNKY DORY
admirable
adjectiveheld in great respect- A-1
- A-OK
- ace
- attractive
- best ever
- cat's pajamas
- choice
- commendable
- cool
- copacetic
- crackerjack
- deserving
- dream
- estimable
- excellent
- exquisite
- fine
- good
- great
- greatest
- hunky dory
- keen
- laudable
- meritable
- meritorious
- neat
- out of sight
- out of this world
- peachy
- praiseworthy
- rare
- solid
- super
- super-duper
- superior
- unreal
- valuable
- wicked
- wonderful
- worthy
- zero cool
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