Word forms: comparative cosier, superlative cosiestregional note: in AM, use cozy
1. adjective
A house or room that is cosy is comfortable and warm.
Downstairs there's a breakfast room and guests can relax in the cosy bar.
Synonyms: comfortable, homely, warm, intimate More Synonyms of cosy
cosily (koʊzɪli)adverb
We took time to relax in the cosily-decorated drawing room.
cosinessuncountable noun
In the evening a log fire would provide cosiness.
2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you are cosy, you are comfortable and warm.
They like to make sure their guests are comfortable and cosy.
cosilyadverb [ADVERB after verb]
He was settled cosily in the corner with an arm round Lynda.
3. adjective
You use cosy to describe activities that are pleasant and friendly, and involve people who know each other well.
...a cosy chat between friends.
My mood this year is for a cosy, nice and thoroughly wholesome Christmas.
Synonyms: intimate, friendly, informal More Synonyms of cosy
cosilyadverb [ADVERB with verb]
...chatting cosily with friends over coffee.
cosinessuncountable noun
...the cosiness and solidity of family life.
More Synonyms of cosy
cosy in British English
or US cozy (ˈkəʊzɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -sier, -siestWord forms: US-zier or -ziest
1.
warm and snug
2.
intimate; friendly
3.
convenient, esp for devious purposes
a cosy deal
nounWord forms: plural-sies or US -zies
4. Also called: cosey
a cover for keeping things warm
egg cosy
Derived forms
cosily (ˈcosily) or US cozily (ˈcozily)
adverb
cosiness (ˈcosiness) or US coziness (ˈcoziness)
noun
Word origin
C18: from Scots, of unknown origin
cosy in American English
(ˈkoʊzi)
Word forms: ˈcosier or ˈcosiestWord forms: pluralˈcosies
Chiefly British
cozy
Derived forms
cosily (ˈcosily)
adverb
cosiness (ˈcosiness)
noun
Examples of 'cosy' in a sentence
cosy
It is a really special and cosy place that feels more like a home than a hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Cosy period dramas make for perfect winter viewing but are often filmed in summer.
The Sun (2016)
There are nine cosy guest rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You've knitted your own tea cosy and put a batch of sourdough in the oven.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was such a warm, cosy time and all about being with each other and family.
The Sun (2016)
It has four cosy rooms, as well as a new luxury cabin.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The officials know that a cosy relationship with such lobby groups leads to an easier life and more certain promotion than standing up for the taxpayer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The five bedrooms are light and airy with a cosy dining room.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Top executives are too often rewarded for failure thanks to cosy relationships with their remuneration committees.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is a budget hideaway with a cosy feel and simple rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It brought to mind a small tea cosy hugging too large a pot.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is a house in which you instantly feel at home in the cosy and comfortable rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You look for somewhere warm and cosy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This was to be no cosy chat.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The house was cosy and full of love.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was like an egg cosy balanced on a boiled egg.
Steel, Elizabeth Coping With Sudden Hair Loss (1988)
The postwar years were typified by cosy relationships between lending banks and companies.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Then when you are feeling cosy you share your room sometimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His slap on the wrist was more like a cosy cup of tea.
The Sun (2009)
It is a job in which old men grow cosy and comfortable.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It only made the room look warmer and more cosy.
Susan Coolidge What Katy Did (1872)
It did not read like a cosy fireside chat.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The ribbed collar makes it cosy, but the cut is clean and stylish.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Rooms are cosy and colourful, some with french windows leading on to balconies.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It makes them cosy, human and warm.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The house is cosy, just the right side of cluttered.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Here he fuses a cosy atmosphere with the usual sleek mod cons in one of the best places in town to lay your head.