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Synonyms & Antonyms of down-home
having or showing an unpretentious informality
- her down-home patter as she prepares comfort foods goes over well with television viewers
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Near Antonyms for down-home
- affected,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- ostentatious,
- pompous,
- pretentious
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The first known use of down-home was in 1901
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