| Main Entry: | homely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary, comfortable |
Synonyms: |
comfy, cozy, domestic, everyday, familiar, friendly, homelike, homespun, homey, inelaborate, informal, modest, natural, plain, simple, snug, unaffected, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious, welcoming |
| Notes: | homely means lacking in physical beauty or unattractive, while homey means having a feeling of home, being cozy and comfortable |
| Main Entry: | homely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unattractive |
Synonyms: |
animal, disgusting, not beautiful, ordinary, plain, ugly, unaesthetic, unalluring |
Antonyms: |
attractive, beautiful |
| Main Entry: | common |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average, ordinary |
Synonyms: |
accepted, banal, bourgeois, casual, characteristic, colloquial, comformable, commonplace, conventional, current, customary, daily, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, hackneyed, homely, humdrum, informal, mediocre, monotonous, natural, obscure, passable, plain, prevailing, prevalent, probable, prosaic, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, simple, stale, standard, stereotyped, stock, trite, trivial, typical, undistinguished, universal, unvaried, usual, wearisome, workaday, worn-out |
| Notes: | mutual applies to reciprocal relationships between two or more things; if something is held in common, use 'common' instead |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, extraordinary, infrequent, noteworthy, rare, scarce, uncommon, unusual, valuable |
| Main Entry: | domestic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | household |
Synonyms: |
calm, devoted, domiciliary, family, home, home-loving, homelike, homely, indoor, pet, private, sedentary, settled, stay-at-home, subdued, submissive, tame, trained, tranquil |
Antonyms: |
business, industrial, office |
| Main Entry: | dowdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poorly dressed; old-fashioned |
Synonyms: |
antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy, frumpy, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, plain, run-down, scrubby, shabby, slatternly, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, unstylish, untidy, vintage, wrinkled |
Antonyms: |
chic, classy, fashionable, modern |
| Main Entry: | dumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short and stout |
Synonyms: |
chubby, chunky, fat, homely, plump, podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stocky, stumpy, tubby |
| Main Entry: | earthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsophisticated |
Synonyms: |
bawdy, coarse, crude, down, down home, down-to-earth, dull, easygoing, folksy, funky*, hard-boiled, home folk, homely, homey, indelicate, lowbred, lusty, mundane, natural, pragmatic, ribald, robust, rough, simple, unidealistic, uninhibited, unrefined |
Antonyms: |
cultured, elegant, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | folksy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informal, simple |
Synonyms: |
cozy, down-to-earth, homely, homey, low-key, modest, natural, plain, rustic, unassuming, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | frumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dowdy |
Synonyms: |
badly dressed, baggy, blowsy, dingy, drab, dull, frumpish, homely, old-fashioned, outdated, plain, poorly dressed, shabby, sloppy, stodgy, unfashionable, unkempt, unstylish |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domestic |
Synonyms: |
at ease, at rest, central, down home, familiar, family, homely, homey, household, in one's element, in the bosom, inland, internal, local, national, native |
Antonyms: |
business, commercial |