homespun

1. 1.

   of textiles; having a rough surface

   “a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns”

   Synonymsnubbynubblyslubbedtweedy

   Similarrough
2. 2.

   characteristic of country life

   “cracker-barrel philosophy”

   “the air of homespun country boys”

   Synonymscracker-barrel

   Similarrural
3. 3.

   made of cloth spun or woven in the home

   “homespun linen”

   “homespun garments”

   Similarhomemade

1. 1.

   a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home

   Broaderfabric

   Narrowerrusset

Other forms of homespun

plural

homespuns·

comparative

homespunner·

superlative

homespunnest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about homespun

What does homespun mean?

homespun means "of textiles; having a rough surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in homespun?

homespun has 2 syllables: home-spun. The stress falls on "home". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊmˌspʌn/.

What is another word for homespun?

Close synonyms include nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy, cracker-barrel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homespun a common word?

homespun is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.