Goodie vs. Goody: What's the Difference?

Variant of goody1.

Used to express delight.

Expression of pleasure; yippee.

Something attractive or delectable, especially something sweet to eat.

(informal) A good character in a story, often a hero.

A goodwife.

Alternative form of goody

(informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

(informal) A small amount of something good to eat.

(informal) Any small, usually free, item.

(Ireland) Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.

(informal) hero, good character in a story

That which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up.

An American fish, the lafayette or spot.

(obsolete) Goodwife, a 17th-century puritan honorific for an adult woman.

Synonym of goody-goody

A bonbon, cake, or the like; - usually in the pl.

An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

Goodwife; - a low term of civility or sport.

Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; - often in the reduplicated form goody-goody.

Something considered choice to eat