Word Meanings - HOMELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray. 2. Plain; unpretending; rude

Additional info about word: HOMELY

1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray. 2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners. Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. Pope. 3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome. None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HOMELY)

• Dowdy
• Dull
• shabby
• common
• plain
• homely
• dingy
• scrubby
• Plain
• Level
• even
• flat
• smooth
• open
• clear
• unencumbered
• unobstructed
• uninterrupted
• manifest
• evident
• obvious
• unmistakable
• simple
• easy
• natural
• unaffected
• unsophisticated
• unvarnished
• unembellished
• unreserved
• artless
• Simple
• Single
• incomplex
• uncompounded
• unblended
• isolated
• pure
• unmixed
• mere
• absolute
• unadorned
• unartificial
• sincere
• undesigning
• single-minded
• sickly
• weak
• humble
• lowly
• elementary
• ultimate
• primal
• rudimentary
• Ugly
• Loathsome
• hideous
• hateful
• frightful
• uncouth
• ill-favored
• unsightly
• ill-looking
• deformed
• monstrous
• ungainly

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HOMELY)

• Roughen
• furrow
• disequalize
• graduate

Related words: (words related to HOMELY)

• DEFORMER
  One who deforms.
• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• SINCERELY
  In a sincere manner. Specifically: Purely; without alloy. Milton. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
• ILL-LOOKING
  Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv.
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• UNMISTAKABLE
  Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• NATURALIST
  1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
• SINGLE-BREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• NATURAL STEEL
  Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.
• SCRUBBY
  Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Duke of Argull.
• COMMONER
  1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
• PLAINTIVE
  1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• EVIDENTIARY
  Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential. When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill.
• DEFORMATION
  1. The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. Bp. Hall. 2. Transformation; change of shape.
• ABSOLUTENESS
  The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
• LEVELER
  1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.
• LEVEL
  libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
• DINGEY; DINGY; DINGHY
  1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. Malcom. 2. A ship's smallest boat.
• ANTEPENULTIMATE
  Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
• SUPERNATURALNESS
  The quality or state of being supernatural.
• UNCOMMON
  Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.
• FELLOW-COMMONER
  A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
• PRETERNATURALITY
  Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.
• SEA LEVEL
  The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
• INTERCOMMON
  To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc. (more info) 1. To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table. Bacon.