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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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" [syn: cozy, cosy, snug]
2: having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [syn: cozy, intimate, informal]
3: suggesting connivance; "a cozy arrangement with the police" n
1: a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm [syn: cosy, tea cosy, cozy, tea cozy]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (cozier; -est) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian koselig cozy Date: 1709 1. a. enjoying or affording warmth and ease ; snug <a cozy lakeside cabin> b. marked by or providing contentment or comfort <won by a cozy margin> 2. a. marked by the intimacy of the family or a close group b. marked by or suggesting close association or connivance <a cozy agreement> 3. marked by a discreet and cautious attitude or procedure Synonyms: see comfortable • cozily adverb • coziness noun II. noun (plural cozies) Date: 1863 1. a padded covering especially for a teapot to keep the contents hot 2. a light detective story that usually features a well-educated protagonist and little explicit violence III. adverb Date: 1946 in a cautious manner <play it cozy and wait for the other team to make a mistake — Bobby Dodd>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of COSY.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cozy Co"zy (k?"z?), a. [Compar. Cozier (-z?-?r); superl. Coziest.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.] 1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also cosey and cosy.] 2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cozy Co"zy, n. [See Cozy,a.] A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see cosy

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. [Written also Cosy and Cosey.] 1. Snug, comfortable, easy. 2. [Eng.] Chatty, talkative, social, conversable.

Moby Thesaurus

airworthy, buddy-buddy, charmed, chatty, cheerful, chitchatty, chummy, colloquial, comfortable, comfy, commodious, communicative, confabulatory, content, contented, convenient, conversational, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, delighted, easeful, easy, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated, familiar, favorably impressed with, friendly, glad, gladsome, gratified, homelike, homely, homey, homish, in clover, interlocutory, intimate, intrigued, lived-in, luxurious, pally, palsy-walsy, peaceful, plain, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, relaxing, reposeful, restful, roomy, safe, satisfied, sea-kindly, seaworthy, secure, simple, snug, soft, sold on, taken with, tete-a-tete, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, unpretending, warm