| Main Entry: | homespun |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spun from home |
Synonyms: |
crude, handcrafted, handmade, homemade, ordinary, plain, rough, rustic, simple, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | coarse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, unrefined |
Synonyms: |
chapped, coarse-grained, crude, grainy, granular, harsh, homespun, impure, inferior, loose, lumpy, mediocre, particulate, poor quality, rough-hewn, rugged, unfinished, unpolished, unprocessed, unpurified |
Antonyms: |
delicate, refined, smooth, soft |
| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrefined, natural |
Synonyms: |
amateurish, callow, coarse, green, harsh, homemade, homespun, immature, impure, in the rough, inexpert, makeshift, outline, prentice, primitive, raw, rough, rough-hewn, rude, rudimentary, rustic, simple, sketchy, thick, undeveloped, unfinished, unformed, ungraded, unmatured, unmilled, unpolished, unprepared, unprocessed, unproficient, unsorted, untaught, untrained, unworked, unwrought |
Antonyms: |
formal, planned, refined, sophisticated, stilted |
| Main Entry: | familiar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, well-known |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, commonplace, conventional, customary, domestic, everyday, frequent, garden variety, habitual, homespun, household, humble, informal, intimate, known, matter-of-fact, mundane, native, natural, old hat, ordinary, plain, prosaic, proverbial, recognizable, repeated, routine, simple, stock, unceremonious, unsophisticated, usual, wonted, workaday |
Antonyms: |
foreign, new, strange, uncommon, undistinguished, unfamiliar, unknown, unremarkable |
| 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: | homemade |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made in the home |
Synonyms: |
do-it-yourself, handcrafted, handmade, homegrown, homespun, natural |
| Main Entry: | ordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average; not distinctive |
Synonyms: |
characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden variety, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, pedestrian, plain, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, simple, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, unremarkable, usual, vanilla, white-bread, workaday |
Antonyms: |
different, distinctive, remarkable, special |
| Main Entry: | provincial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | countrified; limited |
Synonyms: |
bigoted, bucolic, country, hidebound, homegrown, homespun, insular, inward-looking, local, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, pastoral, petty, rude, rural, rustic, sectarian, small-minded, small-town, uninformed, unpolished, unsophisticated |
Antonyms: |
citified, liberal, metropolitan, modern |
| Main Entry: | rustic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | country, rural |
Synonyms: |
Arcadian, agrarian, agricultural, artless, austere, bucolic, countrified, homely, homespun, homey, honest, natural, outland, pastoral, picturesque, plain, primitive, provincial, simple, sylvan, unaffected, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated, verdant |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolitan, suburban, urban |
| Main Entry: | handmade |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made by hand |
Synonyms: |
handcrafted, handicraft, homemade, homespun |
Antonyms: |
factory-made, machine-made, manufactured |