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sunny¹

  • /ˈsʌni/ US, UK
  • /ˈsʊni/
  • /ˈsʌne/ Scotland
  • /sənːi/ South Asia

Sounds like sonny (general), Sunni (without the foot–strut split) · Rhymes with -ʌni

Where it comes from

From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y.

adjective sunnier · sunniest

  1. of weather or a day Featuring a lot of sunshine. Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
  2. of a place Receiving a lot of sunshine. the sunny side of a hill
  3. figuratively Cheerful. a person with a sunny disposition

    Opposite: sunless

  4. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant. sunny beams

Similar: bright, sunshiny, sunlit, cheerful

adverb

  1. US, not comparable, regional sunny side up

noun sunnies

  1. A sunfish.

Sunny²

proper noun Sunnys

  1. A unisex given name. Sunny White was apprehended in Flathead County Friday on a warrant out of Lake County charging her with vehicular homicide while under the influence in the March 2023 death of 22-year-old Mika Westwolf.
  2. A surname.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Sunil.
  4. A diminutive of the female given name Sunita.
  5. A diminutive of the unisex given name Sundeep.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sunshiny, shining, shiny, bright, clear, cheerful, cheery, gay, sunshine, cloudy, ground, sun, soil, kam, fine, beautiful

adjective

Similar: bright, sunshiny, sunlit, cheerful

Translations

Every language

adj weather, day

Españolasoleado, soleado
한국어맑다 makda, 화창하다 hwachanghada
日本語晴れた hareta
中文晴朗 qínglǎng
हिन्दीधूपदार dhūpdār, आफताबी āphtābī
Portuguêsensolarado, solarengo
Françaisensoleillé
Deutschsonnig, heiter
Italianosoleggiato, soleggiata
Ελληνικάέχει λιακάδα échei liakáda
Românăînsorit
Русскийсо́лнечный sólnečnyj
Tiếng Việtnắng
العربيةمُشْمِس mušmis, شَامِس šāmis

adj place

Portuguêsensolarado
Françaisensoleillé
Italianosoleggiato, soleggiata
Ελληνικάηλιόλουστος ilióloustos

adj cheerful

Portuguêsensolarado

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BibTeX
@misc{sunny_2026,
  title = {sunny},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sunny},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}