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• woody
  woody

  adjective

  abounding with woods; wooded.
• Woody
  Woody

  noun

  a male given name, form of Woodrow.

woody

¹ American  

[wood-ee] / ˈwʊd i /

adjective

woodier, woodiest

1. abounding with woods; wooded.

2. belonging or pertaining to the woods; sylvan.

3. consisting of or containing wood; ligneous.

4. resembling wood, as in appearance, texture, or toughness.

   a woody vegetable.

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woody ² American  

[wood-ee] / ˈwʊd i /

Or woodie

noun

plural

woodies

1. Slang. a station wagon having wood or simulated-wood panels on the outside of the body.

2. Slang: Vulgar. an erection of the penis.

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woody ³ American  

[wuhd-ee, woo-dee] / ˈwʌd i, ˈwu di /

noun

plural

woodies, woodier, woodiest

1. widdy.

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Woody ⁴ American  

[wood-ee] / ˈwʊd i /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Woodrow.

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woody British  

/ ˈwʊdɪ /

adjective

1. abounding in or covered with forest or woods

2. connected with, belonging to, or situated in a wood

3. consisting of or containing wood or lignin

   woody tissue

   woody stems

4. resembling wood in hardness or texture

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Other Word Forms

• woodiness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of woody¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English; see origin at wood ¹, -y ¹

Origin of woody²

First recorded in 1940–45 woody ² for def. 2; in 1960–65 woody ² for def. 1; wood ¹ + -y ²

Example Sentences

This “Farm” isn’t lacking for good intentions and, in spots, as with Woody Harrelson’s fine casting as the naïve, loyal horse Boxer, one can see glimmers of what a good adaptation might have been.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Andy Serkis directs an animated, awkwardly contemporary adaptation of the anti-Stalinist novella featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Glenn Close, Woody Harrelson and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The very notion of “Donnyland,” as the area would be called, is surreal, like something out of Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” or Woody Allen’s “Bananas.”

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

Hurt made her film debut in Woody Allen’s 1978 drama, “Interiors,” where she portrayed the directionless would-be artist Joey opposite her more successful siblings Renata and Flyn, played by Diane Keaton and Kristin Griffith, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

This way was not much used, being hardly fit for carts, and there was little traffic to the Woody End.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien