HOMY 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 This 62%-off cotton quilt set is a sunny introduction to the brand and an easy way to integrate some of that homey charm into your space. —

Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026 Betty Flohr, who was skeptical of her husband’s project at first, is a longtime interior designer who added special touches throughout for a comfy, homey feel. —

Joe Marusak april 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026 The poet paused to smirk at the homey names on Clark’s maps—Rum River, Little Shallow River, Onion Creek. —

Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026 Chicken pot pie is usually a homey dish, but this big-batch version has a supper club-worthy presentation. —

Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 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