homey

1. 1.

   having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable

   “the homely everyday atmosphere”

   “a homey little inn”

   Synonymshomelikehomelyhomy

   Similarcomfortable

Other forms of homey

comparative or superlative

homier

comparative or superlative

homiest

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 homey

What does homey mean?

homey means "having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable".

How many syllables are in homey?

homey has 2 syllables: ho-mey. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊmi/.

What is another word for homey?

Close synonyms include homelike, homely, homy. 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 homey a common word?

homey is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.