HOMEY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

homey

adjective

variants also homy

Definition of homey next

as in homely

chiefly US comfortable or familiar like home a homey restaurant with a warm fireplace a homey atmosphere

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Recent Examples of homey The son of an aerospace engineer, Heuermann lived with his spouse and children in the homey village of Massapequa Park near where the victims’ remains were found. —

Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026 Bello invited reporters to tour Salmos 23 #3, which appeared modern and homey. —

Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026 Doulas support moms through trying times On a recent afternoon, Mary Bey settled into a chair in a homey room at the Memphis doula center, cradling her sleeping infant, Ca’Mya. —

Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 The new look is polished but homey, done up in a Craftsman style with plenty of sleek, dark wood and rich tones of brown and gold. —

Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homey

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Adjective

Potterheads across the globe will instantly recognize Harry’s not-so-homely house on Privet Drive, his cramped excuse of a bedroom and the endless disdain oozing from the young wizard’s unloving aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Unlike many of the birds that Helen and Allan Cruickshank found in the Everglades, the storks had not been decimated by plume hunters decades before because the homely bird’s feathers weren’t prized for ladies' hats.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026