homey

H4O1M3E1Y4
US/ˈhoʊmi/

adjective

Befitting a home; cozy, intimate.

“Susan added some homey touches to her office.”

Similar
homelyhomelikehomycomfortablecomfy
OriginEnglish home ← Middle English hom ← Old English hām →
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Meanings

homey1

nounhomey (plural homeys)

plural homeys

  1. alternativeAlternative form of homie.

homey2

adjectivehomey (comparative homier, superlative homiest)

comparative homier · superlative homiest

  1. Befitting a home; cozy, intimate.

    Susan added some homey touches to her office.

    1 more example

    The enticing, homey scent of apple pie wafted into the hallway as she beckoned them into her lair.

    2011 April 12, Beth Kendrick, chapter 29, in The Bake-Off, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN

    Synonyms: homely

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBefitting a home; cozy, intimate.

Similar
homely

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable

Similar
homelikehomelyhomycomfortablecomfy
Also see
comfortablecomfyguyhomelikehomelyhomyman

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  3. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  5. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  7. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*haim
  9. Old Englishhām
  10. Middle Englishhom
  11. Englishhome
  12. Englishhomey

From home + -y.

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APA

homey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homey

MLA

“homey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homey. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homey,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homey.

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