Standard Lemma guide

sunnies

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Sunglasses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, plural, plural-only

Examples

  • 2009, Susan Lyons, Sex Drive, Kensington Press, US, page 160, “Sunscreen for you.” Her skin was a light golden brown. “And sunnies and a hat.” He slipped on his own sunglasses.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of sunny (sunfish or sunperch)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, colloquial, form-of, plural

Examples

  • As a kid, he used to catch sunnies with a cane pole and garden worms in the stream behind the house.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From sunglasses + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), retaining the plural form.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.