Cozy

Definition: Cozy

Cozy

Adjective

1. Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space; "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment".

2. Having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere; especially through smallness and informality; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate".

3. Suggesting connivance; "a cozy arrangement with the police".

Noun

1. A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cozy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)

Synonyms: Cozy

Crosswords: Cozy

What has he got a tea cozy on his head for (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Cozy. My parents didn't believe in toys (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

I don't want any trouble, I want a life, a house and a tea cozy, I don't even know what one is, but I want one (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Let's have a drink and shelter from the showers! Rain, rain, don't go away, fill up the sky, rain through the night, we'll stay cozy and dry. (Follies in Concert; writing credit: James Goldman)

You're as cozy as barbed wire (Tuck Everlasting; writing credit: Jeffrey Lieber)

You call the cable, make a cozy home (Man (Opposable Thumb); performing artist: The Residents)

A cozy little home out in the country (Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me); performing artist: The Temptations)

Cozy Cool (1971)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Small Child's Book of Cozy Poems (reference)

• Cozy Cabin Quilts from Thimbleberries: 20 Projects for Any Home (reference)

• Cozy Home Cookbook (reference)

• Frayed Edge Fun: 10 Cozy Quilts (reference)

• Little Retreats: More Than Thirty Cozy Getaway Spaces for the Seaside (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Brahms for Book Lovers: A Cozy Companion for Reading (reference)

• A Cozy Christmas (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Cozy Crib Tent (reference)

• Indus-Tool FW Cozy Foot Warmer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Wanted! Loving family with cozy corral. Clean environment requested. Will relocate. Capable of carring own baggage long distances. Good listener. Meet me, or my brother, at the next wild horse and burro adoption. Credit: Unknown.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

As this consumer group is especially interested in a cozy home, it is expected that consumption of home textiles in Germany will increase according to the demographic changes. (references)

The desire to purchase table linen has increased due to the general trend towards a cozy home. However, the domestic market for table linen in Germany is characterized by stiff competition. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

In practice, however, because of the cozy relationship between the SOCBs and the government, prudent banking and business practices are not always adhered to. In addition, this process has just began so most SOCBs are not adequately staffed to carry out these internal audit functions. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Very fancy French cuisine, cozy atmosphere. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "cozy": cozy life ♦ cozy up ♦ lead a cozy life ♦ really cozy ♦ tea cozy. Additional references.

Albanian

komod (cosy), i rehatshëm (comfortable, comfy, cosy, cushy, easy, homey, snug). (various references)

Arabic 

‏دافئ (cosy, hot, hothouse, snug, warm). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уютен (cosy, homelike, homely, snug, tight), удобен (agreeable, appropriate, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, convenient, easy, favorable, favourable, good, proper, ready made, suitable), приятен (acceptable, agreeable, cheerful, clever, companionable, darling, easy, engaging, enjoyable, good, gracious, grateful, groovy, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, likely, luscious, merry, musical, nice, nice-looking, not unwelcome, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, rose colored, rose coloured, sapid, satisfying, savoury, soft, sweet, sympathetic, toothsome, welcome). (various references)

Chinese 

舒适 (Comfort, Comfortable, comforts, Cosy, Coziness, Ease, Easeful), 舒適 (snug). (various references)

Czech

pohodlný (comfortable, comfy, commodious, cosy, cushy, easy, snug), útulný (comfy, cosy, homely, snug). (various references)

Farsi 

گرم ونرم (Snug), راحت (Beforehand, Comfort, Comfortable, Convenient, Cuddly, Placid, Snug, Straight, Well). (various references)

German

gemütlich (approachable, calm, close, comfortable, comfy, cosy, easy going, friendly, good natured, homelike, homely, homey, homy, informal, intimate, jovial, jovially, leisurely, lived-in, peaceful, pleasant, relaxed, snug, snugly, tranquil, unhurried), wohnlich (comfortable, homely, livable). (various references)

Greek 

ευχάριστοσ (agreeable, congenial, consonant, convivial, cosy, delectable, engaging, gladsome, groovy, jaunty, piquant, pleasant, pleasing, satisfactory), αναπαυτικόσ (comfortable, convenient, cosy, reposeful, restful, snug). (various references)

Hungarian

teababa (cosy, tea cosy, tea cozy), meghitt (confidential, cosy, familiar, heart-to-heart, homely, intimate, snug, thick), kényelmes (comfortable, comfy, commodious, convenient, cosh, cosy, cushy, easy going, handy, leisured, leisurely, nonchalant). (various references)

Indonesian

menyenangkan (agreeable, amusing, comfortable, congenial, enjoyable, entertaining, fine, groovy, pleasant). (various references)

Italian

confortevole (comfortable, comforting, cosiest, cosy), comodo (comfort, comfortable, comfy, convenience, convenient, cosiest, cosy, cushy, ease, easiness, easy, handy, leisure, leisured, leisurely, snug), intimo (cosy, inner, intimate, near, quiet), accogliente (comfortable, cosy, hospitable, snug, snugly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

宜しくやる (to do at one's own discretion, to make cozy with). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

よろしくやる (to do at one's own discretion, to make cozy with). (various references)

Korean 

아늑한 (Cosy). (various references)

Pig Latin

ozycay.(various references)

Portuguese

conversadeira (chatty, cosy, sociable, talkative), confortável (comfortable, comfy, cosy, cushy, easeful, snug), cómodo (comfortable, convenient, cosy, handy, opportune), aconchegante (comfortable, cosy), aconchegado (cosy, snug), acolhedor (cosy, hospitable, inviting, welcoming, xenial), abafador de bule (cosy). (various references)

Romanian

comod (comfortable, comfortably, commodious, convenient, cosily, cosy, easy, easy going, easy-fitting, handy, practical, roomy, serviceable, slothful, snug, suitable). (various references)

Russian 

стеганый чехол (cosy), уютный (canny, comfortable, cosh, cosy, homey, snug). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udoban (comfortable, comfy, convenient, cosy), prijatan (agreeable, bonny, conversable, cosy, delectable, enjoyable, gratified, gratifying, jolly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, savory, savoury, welcome), prekrivač za čajnik. (various references)

Spanish

cómodo (accommodative, at ease, close, comfortable, convenient, cosy, easy, handy, homy, intimate), bueno (all right, alright, cheering, convenient, cosy, cult, decent, enjoyable, fair, fine, glad, good, goodly, Goody, hallo, hearty, hello, high, hullo, kind, kindly, nice, okay, plenteous, plentiful, right, strong, useful, well, what, whatever), amistoso (amiable, amicable, comradely, cosy, downstage, friendly, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, sociable), acogedor (cheery, cosy, friendly, homely, snug). (various references)

Swedish

mysig (cosy), hemtrevlig (cosy, homy, snug), gemytlig (comfortable, cosy, genial, good humoured, good natured, good-humored, goodnatured, good-natured, jolly, jovial). (various references)

Turkish

çaydanlık örtüsü (cosy, tea cosy, tea cozy). (various references)

Ukrainian

затишний (chimney corner, cosy, couth, homelike, homely, homey, homy, snug), приємний (acceptable, agreeable, amiable, balmy, beautiful, boon, canny, clean-cut, complimentary, couth, cushy, delectable, dulcet, easy, enjoyable, glad, good, goodly, graceful, grateful, jocund, kindly, lepid, nice, nutty, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, redolent, satisfactory, tasty, welcome, yummy). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cozy": cozying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cozy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cazi, cazzo, choz, chozy, cizye, coby, cogy, coiy, comy, cooz, cooze, Cosey, cosi, cosie, Cosyn, coszy, coty, couz, covy, cowy, coxy, coyi, coze, cozi, Cozia, cozs, Cozza, Cozzi, cozzy, cuay, cuzie, czo, Czyzk, koozy, Kosy, koz, Kozik, kozy, mozy, Occzim, Ozi, ozie, ozy, Ozzi, ozzy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: coy, coz.

-2 letters: oy, yo.

+1 letter: cozey.

+2 letters: coryza, cozeys, cozily, zydeco.

+3 letters: coryzal, coryzas, cozying, zlotych, zydecos, zygotic, zymotic.

+4 letters: coenzyme, hylozoic, isozymic, polyzoic.

+5 letters: coenzymes, dizygotic, zygomatic.