cosy

Meaning

Adj

1. (UK) Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.
2. (UK) Warm and comfortable.

Noun

1. (UK) A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.
2. (UK) A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
3. (UK) A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.

Verb

1. (UK) To become snug and comfortable.
2. (UK) To become friendly with.

Synonyms

cozy

comfortable

snug

pleasant

tea cozy

tea cosy

warm

☀️

convenient

agreeable

nice

homely

enjoyable

delightful

intimate

relaxing

homelike

homey

hot

🥵

jaunty

piquant

pleasing

reposeful

restful

roomy

satisfactory

small-scale

spacious

couth

cozey

cozie

insulating sleeve

carefree

comely

comfort

comfortably

congenial

consonant

convivial

delectable

ease

easy

engaging

gladsome

groovy

handy

Translations

douillet

accogliente

behaglich

confortevole

gemütlich

intimo

knus

abafador

confortable

acogedor

copriteiera

gezellig

angenehm

traulich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkəʊzi/

Etymology

Cognate with Scots: colsie

Cognate with German: kosen

In summary

From Scots cosie, from Old Scots colsie, but ultimate derivation is unknown. Possibly of North Germanic origin, such as Norwegian kose seg (“to have a cozy time”), from Old Norse kose sig, from koselig, koslig, perhaps ultimately from Old High German kōsa; see modern German kosen (“to cuddle”).