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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comfortable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, cared for, cheerful, comfy, complacent, contented, cozy, delightful, easy, familiar, folksy, friendly, intimate, plain, pleasant, relaxed, rested, restful, simple, snug, snug as a bug in a rug, soft, soothed, warm |
| Notes: | homely means lacking in physical beauty or unattractive, while homey means having a feeling of home, being cozy and comfortable |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rural, pastoral |
| Synonyms: | Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, bucolic, campestral, countrified, georgic, homey, out-country, outland, provincial, rustic, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
| Antonyms: | city, metropolitan, urban |
| Main Entry: | earthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, coarse, crude, down, down home, down-to-earth, dull, easygoing, folksy, funky*, hard-boiled, home folk, homely, homey, indelicate, lowbred, lusty, mundane, natural, pragmatic, ribald, robust, rough, simple, unidealistic, uninhibited, unrefined |
| Notes: | earthy is 'similar to earth; hearty' or 'coarse, vulgar' while earthly is 'pertaining to human existence on earth'; earthen means 'made of earth or clay' |
| Antonyms: | cultured, elegant, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | folksy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informal, simple |
| Synonyms: | cozy, down-to-earth, homely, homey, low-key, modest, natural, plain, rustic, unassuming, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domestic |
| Synonyms: | at ease, at rest, central, down home, familiar, family, homely, homey, household, in one's element, in the bosom, inland, internal, local, national, native |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Antonyms: | business, commercial |
| Main Entry: | homely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary, comfortable |
| Synonyms: | comfy, cozy, domestic, everyday, familiar, friendly, homelike, homespun, homey, inelaborate, informal, modest, natural, plain, simple, snug, unaffected, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious, welcoming |
| Notes: | homely means lacking in physical beauty or unattractive, while homey means having a feeling of home, being cozy and comfortable |
| Main Entry: | household |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domestic |
| Synonyms: | domiciliary, everyday, family, home, homely, homey, ordinary, plain |
| Antonyms: | business, commercial, industrial |
| Main Entry: | informal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, simple |
| Synonyms: | breezy, colloquial, congenial, cool*, democratic, down home, easy, easygoing, everyday, extempore, familiar, folksy, frank, free, free-and-easy, homey, improv, inconspicuous, intimate, laid back, loose, low-pressure, mellow, mixed, motley, natural, off-the-cuff, open, ordinary, relaxed, spontaneous, sporty, straightforward, throwaway, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unfussy, unofficial, unrestrained, urbane, without ceremony |
| Antonyms: | buttoned-up, ceremonious, dressed-up, formal, official, rigid, stiff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | livable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adequate, acceptable |
| Synonyms: | bearable, comfortable, cozy, endurable, fit, habitable, homey, inhabitable, livable, lodgeable, passable, satisfactory, snug, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tenantable, tolerable, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, unacceptable, unbearable, unlivable, unsuitable |
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