homespun

¹home·spun

adj \-ˌspən\

Definition of HOMESPUN

1

a : spun or made at home b : made of homespun

2

: simple, homely <homespun philosophy>

Examples of HOMESPUN

1. People enjoy his folksy, homespun manner.
2. <dispenses his homespun philosophy of life in a weekly newspaper column>

First Known Use of HOMESPUN

1591

Related to HOMESPUN

Synonyms: down-home, folksy, cracker–barrel

Related Words: modest, unassuming, unpretentious; colloquial, conversational, informal; casual, familiar, fireside, intimate

Near Antonyms: affected, grandiose, highfalutin (also hifalutin), ostentatious, pompous, pretentious

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Other Household Terms

cruet, curiosity, duvet, fiasco, sham, taper, valance, whatnot

Rhymes with HOMESPUN

air gun, big gun, blowgun, Bull Run, burp gun, chaconne, Chaplin, dry run, earned run, end run, finespun, first-run, flashgun, forerun, godson, grandson, handgun, hard-won, have done, hired gun, home run, inrun, long run, milk run, outgun, outrun, popgun, pressrun, rerun, sea-run, short run, shotgun, six-gun, speargun, spray gun, squirt gun, stepson, stun gun, top gun, trial run, undone, V-1, well-done, Xiamen, zip gun