COZY (cozier, coziest)

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Irregular inflected forms: cozier    , coziest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cozy mean? 

• COZY (noun)
  The noun COZY has 1 sense:

1. a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm

  Familiarity information: COZY used as a noun is very rare.

• COZY (adjective)
  The adjective COZY has 3 senses:

1. enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space

2. having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

3. suggesting connivance

  Familiarity information: COZY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COZY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cosy; cozy; tea cosy; tea cozy

Hypernyms ("cozy" is a kind of...):

cloth covering (a covering made of cloth)

• COZY (adjective)

Comparative: cozier   
Superlative: coziest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space

Synonyms:

cosy; cozy; snug

Context example:

a snug little apartment

Similar:

comfortable; comfy (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal))

Derivation:

coziness (a state of warm snug comfort)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

Synonyms:

cozy; informal; intimate

Context example:

the small room was cozy and intimate

Similar:

friendly (characteristic of or befitting a friend)

Derivation:

coziness (a state of warm snug comfort)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Suggesting connivance

Context example:

a cozy arrangement with the police

Similar:

close (close in relevance or relationship)

 Context examples 

You will feel that the world is a very cozy place to be.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Yesterday was a quiet day spent in teaching, sewing, and writing in my little room, which is very cozy, with a light and fire.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Then Lucy took me upstairs, and showed me a room next her own, where a cozy fire was burning.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

So they found a cozy place under the trees where they slept well until the morning; and Dorothy dreamed of the Emerald City, and of the good Wizard Oz, who would soon send her back to her own home again.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

It should be cozy, perhaps with wood paneling, snowy white tablecloths, and fresh flowers.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

What a cozy room this is!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

At that time, Venus will cozy up to Neptune and bring on one of the most glamorous evenings you could ever wish to see.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She read the short reports he sent more than she did your letters, and pinched me when I spoke of it, and likes brown eyes, and doesn't think John an ugly name, and she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With Venus so warm and cozy, if you have to bring up a touchy topic with your partner, this would be the month to do it.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The dim, dusty room, with the busts staring down from the tall bookcases, the cozy chairs, the globes, and best of all, the wilderness of books in which she could wander where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)