snug

snug
Synonyms and related words:
airtight, airworthy, anal, autistic, bashful, bold, brief, brusque, burrow, casual, cheerful, chipper, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, comfortable, comfy, commodious, compact, concise, contented, convenient, cosy, cozy, croodle, cuddle, curt, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, dinky, dissociable, dumb, dustproof, dusttight, easeful, easy, economical of words, fast, firm, fit for sea, friendly, gasproof, gastight, hermetic, hermetically sealed, homelike, homely, homey, homish, incompatible, indisposed to talk, insociable, intimate, laconic, lightproof, lighttight, lived-in, luxurious, mopey, mopish, morose, mum, mute, neat, nestle, nongregarious, nuzzle, oilproof, oiltight, orderly, peaceful, plain, quiet, rainproof, raintight, relaxing, reposeful, restful, roomy, sea-kindly, sealed, seaworthy, self-contained, self-sufficient, sheltered, shipshape, short, shut fast, silent, simple, sleek, slick, smart, smokeproof, smoketight, snug down, snug up, socially incompatible, soft, sparing of words, speechless, spick-and-span, spruce, staunch, stiff, stormproof, stormtight, sullen, taciturn, tender, terse, tidy, tight, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, trig, trim, tuck in, unclubbable, uncluttered, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, uncongenial, unfriendly, ungenial, unloquacious, unpretending, unsociable, unsocial, untalkative, warm, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight, weatherly, well-cared-for, well-groomed, well-to-do, windproof, windtight, word-bound, wordless

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  • snug — [snug] adj. snugger, snuggest [Early ModE < naut. language, prob. via E Fris snugge, Du snugger, smooth, neat < Scand, as in ON snøggr, short haired, short (hence, tight, taut) < IE * ksneu < base * kes , to comb, shear (hair) > Gr …   English World dictionary

  • snug — snug; snug·ger; snug·gery; snug·gies; snug·gish; snug·ly; snug·ness; snug·gle; …   English syllables

  • Snug — can mean: * Snug (piercing), a type of piercing * Snug, Tasmania, a small town on the D Entrecasteaux Channel, in the municipality of Kingborough in TasmaniaAs a character, Snug can be * Snug (A Midsummer Night s Dream), a character in… …   Wikipedia

  • Snug — Snug, a. [Compar. {Snugger}; superl. {Snuggest}.] [Prov. E. snug tight, handsome; cf. Icel. sn[ o]ggr smooth, ODan. sn[ o]g neat, Sw. snugg.] 1. Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug. [1913 Webster] 2. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Snug — Snug, n. (Mach.) Same as {Lug}, n., 3. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Snug — Snug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snugging}.] To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Snug — Snug, v. t. 1. To place snugly. [R.] Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snug — [adj] cozy, warm close, comfortable, comfy, compact, convenient, cushy, easeful, easy, homelike, homely, intimate, neat, restful, sheltered, snug as a bug in a rug*, soft, substantial, tight, trim, well off; concept 485 Ant. cold, cool,… …   New thesaurus

  • snug — 1590s, compact, trim (of a ship), perhaps from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. snoggr short haired, Swed. snygg, Dan. snèg neat, tidy. Sense of in a state of ease or comfort first recorded 1630. Meaning fit closely is first found 1838 …   Etymology dictionary

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