| Main Entry: | homey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comfortable |
Synonyms: |
adequate, cared for, cheerful, comfy, complacent, contented, cozy, delightful, easy, familiar, folksy, friendly, intimate, plain, pleasant, relaxed, rested, restful, simple, snug, snug as a bug in a rug, soft, soothed, warm |
| Notes: | homely means lacking in physical beauty or unattractive, while homey means having a feeling of home, being cozy and comfortable |
| Main Entry: | casual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonchalant, relaxed in manner |
Synonyms: |
aloof, apathetic, blasé, breezy, cool*, cursory, detached, down home, easygoing, folksy, homey, incurious, indifferent, informal, insouciant, lackadaisical, laid-back*, loose*, low-pressure, mellow, offhand, perfunctory, pococurante, purposeless, remote, unconcerned, unfussy, uninterested, withdrawn |
| Notes: | casual means suited for everyday use, informal or occurring by chance - while causal means involving or constituting a cause |
Antonyms: |
formal, serious |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rural, pastoral |
Synonyms: |
Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, bucolic, campestral, countrified, georgic, homey, out-country, outland, provincial, rustic, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolitan, urban |
| 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: | 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | household |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domestic |
Synonyms: |
domiciliary, everyday, family, home, homely, homey, ordinary, plain |
Antonyms: |
business, commercial, industrial |
| Main Entry: | informal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, simple |
Synonyms: |
breezy, colloquial, congenial, cool*, democratic, down home, easy, easygoing, everyday, extempore, familiar, folksy, frank, free, free-and-easy, homey, improv, inconspicuous, intimate, laid back, loose, low-pressure, mellow, mixed, motley, natural, off-the-cuff, open, ordinary, relaxed, spontaneous, sporty, straightforward, throwaway, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unfussy, unofficial, unrestrained, urbane, without ceremony |
Antonyms: |
buttoned-up, ceremonious, dressed-up, formal, official, rigid, stiff |
| Main Entry: | livable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adequate, acceptable |
Synonyms: |
bearable, comfortable, cozy, endurable, fit, habitable, homey, inhabitable, livable, lodgeable, passable, satisfactory, snug, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tenantable, tolerable, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
inadequate, unacceptable, unbearable, unlivable, unsuitable |