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DictionaryhomelikeComfortable and welcoming
adjective

homelike

HOME-like/hˈoʊmlˌaɪk/

Comfortable and welcoming like a home.

The armchair, knitted blanket, and warm lamplight make this nook homelike.

A comfortable armchair with a worn knitted blanket, slippers, potted plant and warm reading lamp forms an inviting familiar domestic nook.
Etymology
homeOld Englishhome, dwelling place
+likeEnglishhaving similar qualities

Home plus like describes a place with the qualities of a home, not necessarily one's actual residence. The selected sense emphasizes the familiarity and ease associated with being at home.

In context

Enhanced Public Domain106:28
though he was but 6 and 30 he was a quiet silent neutral tinted man this Lord with thin lips and heavy eyelids much given to gardening and full of homelike habits
1920s Fiction: Arthur Conan Doyle - Tales of Terror (Audiobook)

More examples

  • The small inn offers a homelike atmosphere.
  • Family photos make her new apartment feel homelike.
  • Residents share meals in a homelike dining room.

Forms

homelike

home noun — The place where a person lives.

Similar words

homey
More informal; emphasizes a familiar, relaxed feeling in a place.
cozy
Emphasizes snug warmth and comfort rather than resemblance to home.
welcoming
Emphasizes making people feel accepted rather than physically comfortable.