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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Snug, comfortable, and warm.
  2. adj. Marked by friendly intimacy. See Synonyms at comfortable.
  3. adj. Informal Marked by close association for devious purposes: a cozy agreement with the competition.
  4. v. To make oneself snug and comfortable: cozy up with the Sunday paper.
  5. v. Informal To try to get on friendly or intimate terms; ingratiate oneself: "out on the . . . hustings, cozying up to reactionaries and racists alike” ( Chuck Stone).
  6. n. A padded or knitted covering placed especially over a teapot to keep the tea hot.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Snug; comfortable; warm; social.
  2. n. A kind of padded covering or cap put over a teapot to keep in the heat after the tea has been infused.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social.
  2. n. A padded or knit covering to keep an item warm, especially a teapot or egg.
  3. n. A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
  4. v. To become snug and comfortable.
  5. v. To become friendly with.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.
  2. adj. engraving Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar.
  3. n. A wadded covering, often decorative, for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot. Also called tea cozy

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. suggesting connivance
  2. n. a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
  3. adj. having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
  4. adj. enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space

Etymologies

  1. From Scots, later adapted into English. (Wiktionary)
  2. Probably of Scandinavian origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (8)

Words with the same meaning

  1. chatty
  1. talkative
  1. sociable
  1. familiar
  1. sheltering
  1. comforting
  1. sheltered
  1. snug

equivalents (4)

Other words for ‘cozy’

  1. close
  1. friendly
  1. comfy
  1. comfortable

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. cloth covering

same context (17)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. cosy
  2. comfortable
  3. spacious
  1. homey
  2. stuffy
  3. tidy
  1. luxurious
  2. dingy
  3. sunny
  1. intimate
  2. unoccupied
  3. hospitable
  1. restful
  2. peaceful
  3. air-conditioned
  1. neat
  2. airy

rhymes (10)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Josie
  2. Rosie
  1. cosey
  2. cosy
  1. hosey
  2. mosey
  1. nosy
  2. posey
  1. ring-around-the-rosy
  2. rosy

reverse dictionary (26)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. cosey
  2. cosy
  3. cosie
  4. coze
  5. fiel
  1. coziness
  2. cozy
  3. homelike
  4. homey
  5. gentle
  1. bourgeoisify
  2. bein
  3. cozily
  4. snuggle
  5. Byzantine
  1. cheerful
  2. snug
  3. nest
  4. nestle
  5. nuzzle
  1. cosily
  2. cuddle
  3. draw close
  4. homely
  5. homy
  1. snuggery

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  1. comfort

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  • bilby "So the U.S. has to stand by, watching Abbas stiffen his spine and negotiate with Hamas, while hoping he doesn't emulate al-Maliki's game of cozying up to the Iranians as a counterweight to the Americans."
    - Ira Chernus, Obama Trapped Behind Wall of Mideast Containment, tomdispatch.com, 6 Sep 2009. Oct 7, 2009

  • sharewolf At home, on the couch, wrapped up in an old blanket. Sep 16, 2008

  • npydyuan Ineffectual teapot encirclement. Sep 19, 2007

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