houselike
Resembling a home
Houselike describes something resembling a house in appearance or character.
A shed may have a houselike roof, or a child's playhouse may look surprisingly houselike.
The word emphasizes structural or domestic qualities: The houselike kennel had windows and a shingled roof.
Small rural home
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- chaletWooden mountain cottage
- dwellingPlace of residence
abode · residence · facade · gable · dormer · eaves · roofed · shuttered
Moderately heated, or friendly
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- invitingAttractively appealing
- snugComfortably close-fitting
- comfortablePhysically at ease
homey · cozy · sheltered · nestled · secure · safe · domestic · livable
Longing for the past
- rememberedBrought back to mind
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- familialPertaining to relatives
- ancestralOf one's forebears
homestead · hearth · traditional · rooted · inherited · generational · established · belonging
cottage
Small rural home
dwelling · abode · residence · facade · gable · dormer · eaves · roofed · shuttered · chimneyed
warm
Moderately heated, or friendly
comfortable · homey · cozy · sheltered · nestled · secure · safe · domestic · livable · inhabited
nostalgic
Longing for the past
- rememberedBrought back to mind
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- familialPertaining to relatives
ancestral · homestead · hearth · traditional · rooted · inherited · generational · established · belonging · settled
protective
Serving to guard
refuge · haven · sanctuary · retreat · sheltered · secure · nested · covered · contained · insulated
houselikeindustrial
Of factories and production
institutional · commercial · clinical · corporate · sterile
houselikewilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
outdoors · wild · unsheltered · nature · countryside
houselikecavernous
Vast and hollow
impersonal · sterile · cold · forbidding · inhospitable
like, house, household, housing, warehouse, greenhouse, housekeeper, playhouse, birdhouse