Definition

1. Noun:
   • Something considered choice to eat; a special treat, especially a sweet food: "goody" refers to a delicious or desirable item of food, often something sweet or indulgent, like candy or cake.
   • (Informal, often plural) A small gift, prize, or treat: It can also refer to a small, pleasing item given as a reward or favor, such as a party favor or a gift bag item.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The children were excited to see the table full of goodies like cookies and chocolates.
  • The conference attendees each received a bag of promotional goodies.
  • She saved the best goody from her Halloween haul for last.

Advanced Usage

• "goody bag": a bag containing small gifts or treats, often given to guests at a party or event.
  • All the children at the birthday party took home a goody bag.
• "goody two-shoes": (idiomatic, often derogatory) a person who is always well-behaved and eager to please, to the point of being seen as smug or insincere. (Note: This is a related idiomatic expression, not a direct meaning of the isolated word "goody").
  • She was such a goody two-shoes in school, always reminding the teacher about homework.

Variants and Related Words

• Goodies (n, plural): The most common form, referring to an assortment of treats or desirable items.
  • The store sells all sorts of baking goodies like sprinkles and frosting.
• Goody-goody (n/adj): A person who is affectedly or smugly virtuous. (This is a distinct compound word).
  • His goody-goody attitude made him unpopular with the other kids.

Synonyms

• Treat: something special that gives great pleasure.
• Delicacy: a choice or expensive food.
• Sweet: (British English) a small piece of sweet food, like candy.

Related Phrases

• Feel-goody: (informal, rare) having a sentimental or superficially positive quality.
  • The movie's ending was a bit too feel-goody for my taste.

Noun

1. something considered choice to eat