Home › Words › B › beardybeardy/ˈbɪədi/beardy means A surname.beardy is pronounced /ˈbɪədi/.EtymologyFrom beard + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian boartich (“bearded”), Dutch baardig (“bearded”), German bärtig (“bearded”).nameA surnameadjBearded.Manly, masculine.e.g.“The Doge is one of the popular barytone's most weighty performances, and we do not remember to have heard his voice more powerful, his acting more beardy and emphatic.” — 1851, The Musical World, volume 29, page 228:nounA bearded person or animal:; A bearded person; used to identify members of a group or class who can be identified by the wearing of beards.e.g.“His followers were known in Australia as ‘beardies.’” — 1900, Alexander Gordon, “Wroe, John”, in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Vol 63:A bearded person or animal:; A bearded reedling.e.g.“The fascinating "beardie" is not a tit at all, but belongs to an Asian family, the parrotbills.” — 1988, Michael Cady, Rob Hume, editors, The Complete Book of British Birds, page 242:A bearded person or animal:; A bearded dragon.e.g.“But she always kept her distance whenever one of my beardies was out of its cage, as if Moose merely acted like a good-natured lap lizard to throw her off[…].” — 2005, Reptiles, volume 13:A bearded person or animal:; A bearded collie.e.g.“Beardies grow fast. They grow like a weed and can be as unsightly as one.” — 1996, Andrew De Prisco, James Burris Johnson, Choosing a Dog for Life, page 73:A bearded person or animal:; Any of several kinds of fish; a loach.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.beardo 84% match — A person with a beard. vs beardy →bearded 82% match — Having a beard; involving a beard. vs beardy →bearder 77% match — One who beards. vs beardy →beardish 76% match — Characteristic of a beard; somewhat like a beard. vs beardy →beardly 75% match — Of, relating to, or resembling a beard; beardish. vs beardy →beardiness 74% match — The state of being beardy. vs beardy →barbal 73% match — Relating to beards. vs beardy →beardlike 73% match — Resembling or characteristic of a beard. vs beardy →