Meanings
homie1
plural homies · alternative homey · alternative homee
- African-American VernacularSomeone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
- African-American VernacularAn inner-city youth.
homie2
plural homies · alternative homey · alternative homee
- PolarialternativeAlternative spelling of omi (“man”).
As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar.
1977, Rictor Norton, quoting Peter Burton, The Gentle Art of Confounding Naffs, quoted in Myth of the Modern Homosexual, Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN, page 115
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
Origin
Earliest known reference is in the tune The House of Blue Lights (1946) by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home + -ie.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan col·lega, soci
- col·legaa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- socia friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- amica friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- companya friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- camaradaa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Chinese Mandarin 厚米
- 厚米 (hòumǐ)a friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Dutch maat
- maata friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Finnish kamu
- kamua friend; somebody one often hangs out with
French pote, gros
- potea friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- grosa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
German Kumpel
- Kumpela friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Hebrew סַחְבָּק
- סַחְבָּק (sáẖbaq)a friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Hungarian pajtás, haver
- pajtása friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- havera friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- cimboraa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- baráta friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Icelandic félagi
- félagia friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Portuguese mano
- manoa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Russian кореш
- кореш (koreš)a friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Spanish cuate, socio
- cuatea friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- socioa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- compadrea friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- compinchea friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- (Sinaloa) camaradaa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- consortea friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- manoa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- panaa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- colegaa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Swedish kompis, polare
- kompisa friend; somebody one often hangs out with
- polarea friend; somebody one often hangs out with
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with homie
All rhymes →Cite this entry
homie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homie
“homie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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