spacey
- adjective
- /ˈspeɪsi/
- The music at the festival had a spacey quality that made everyone feel like they were floating in outer space.
Examples
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He would sit at his dual Ondolias in his apartment overlooking the Palatine Hill, recording primordial drones and spacey improvisations onto reel-to-reel tapes.
Blog text (14) -
"Maybe spacey music is like their hair metal."
Blog text (5) -
I was thinking about something spacey, you know, like that star wars shit.
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You're into that spacey stuff?
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[spacey music]
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I bought it at my favorite store, located near my apartment, where goofy synthesizer loops floated above a spacey, bone-snapping beat.
Academic text (2004) -
Her artwork featured spacey themes, incorporating swirling colors and abstract forms that evoked a cosmic atmosphere.
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The film's sound design created a spacey ambiance, with ethereal sounds that transported the audience to another dimension.
Synonyms
Covered with many bright stars that shine
Looking futuristic and using advanced materials like those for space travel
A place with a lot of fresh air and space
Light and delicate with a feeling of something not physical
Antonyms
How Atmospheric
- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spacey comes from space and the ending -y, meaning 'like space'. It describes music, art, or light that feels open, far away, or 'out of this world', so it gives a dreamy or futuristic mood.