homelike

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Recent Examples of homelike Once a residence and the island’s largest private estate, accommodations here feel homelike yet with an elevated flair. Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 Think About Comfort Always design a space that feels warm, luxurious or homelike, because comfort sparks confidence and creativity. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 But the intended fix, local homelike centers, hasn't filled the void. CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025 Lutheran Home was founded in 1892 by a Lutheran pastor who wanted to create a homelike setting for older adults. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025 Our space is down to earth, cozy, homelike and comfortable. Caroline Tell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021 The banners hang in the pod common area, which Ms. Tong has made more homelike with huge, plastic rocking chairs, live plants, and a miniature fish tank with blue and red betta fish. Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2021 Centennial’s residents live in the sort of faux-homelike institutional care that is common for middle-class people who are neither rich nor poor. Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020 Michaela Fissel, executive director of Advocacy Unlimited, said hospitals could make the settings more homelike and comfortable by adding yoga or music and letting patients wear their own clothes instead of a paper garment. Chris Ehrmann, courant.com, 1 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homelike
Adjective
  • The Athletic’s score: 161 Auckland City’s homely Kiwitea Street stadium (Phil Walter/Getty Images) 31.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 11 June 2025
  • Whether that is fair or not, the move was certainly a long way from the early-career Meghan who raged against the homely image of women in the kitchen of the Ivory Clear commercial.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • The stay is homey, cultural, luxurious, and fully all-inclusive—food, drinks, and activities.
    Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The unpretentious, homey atmosphere is immediately inviting.
    Danielle Hallock, AFAR Media, 5 June 2025

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“Homelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homelike. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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