down-home

adjective

ˈdau̇n-ˌhōm 

: of, relating to, or having qualities (such as informality and simplicity) associated with rural or small-town people especially of the Southern U.S.

down-home country cooking

broadly : simple, unpretentious

Synonyms

• folksy
• homespun
• colloquial
• cracker-barrel

Examples of down-home in a Sentence

her down-home patter as she prepares comfort foods goes over well with television viewers

Recent Examples on the Web

These start with different illustrations of down-home life that gradually give way to drawings of fires, mayhem and syringes plunged into eyeballs as a saccharin-sweet song from sisterly duo Patience and Prudence plays. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025

Louisiana Charlie’s really knows how to hit the spot for good down-home cooking right on the waterfront. —Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 3 Oct. 2025

These dessert bars are sweet and buttery, the kind of down-home dessert that disappears really quick. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025

And…with his down-home heart and pure prisms of light mind and a wild and wicked Texas cackle ripping up yellow lighting in a black sky desert…Forever Bob…. —Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for down-home

• biome
• genome
• megohm
• nichrome
• noisome
• prodrome
• radome
• rhizome
• shalom
• syndrome
• acrosome
• aerodrome