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bonnie

2 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, bonnie means merry. As a noun, it means bonfire.

Meanings of bonnie

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Merry; happy.

  2. GeordieScotlandBeautiful; pretty; attractive; handsome.

  3. dialectalScotlandNorthern EnglandFine, good (often used ironically).

    “My bonnie friend, come over here.”

  4. Very pleasing to the eye

    “my bonny lass”

    “there's a bonny bay beyond”

    “a comely face”

    Similar: bonny, comely, fair, sightly

noun

  1. niinformalBonfire; chiefly one several storeys tall burnt to celebrate Eleventh Night.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

bonnie around the world

Geordie, ScotlandBeautiful; pretty; attractive; handsome.
Scotland, Northern EnglandFine, good (often used ironically).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: very pleasing to the eye
bonnycomelyfairsightly

Words that rhyme with bonnie

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