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Chummy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Intimate; friendly.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. friendly; on, or trying to be on, intimate terms

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. having the relationship of friends or pals.

adj. associated on close terms.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Companionable; sociable; intimate: as, I found him very chummy.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals

adj. (used informally) associated on close terms

Word Usage

"Al-Arabiya TV and even Al-Jazeera folks have become so chummy this is the second time I use the word chummy in a month--and I never used it before, so please take note with Israeli guests that I expect Al-Arabiya anchorpersons to start asking their Israeli guests to sit on their laps."

Equivalent

friendly close

Variant

chummier chummiest

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

matey pally palsy-walsy intimate

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Mummy crummy dummy gummi gummy mummy rummy tummy yummy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

snorter dumbstruck tir idiotism coming-on wholsome inexactitude bloomin staggerer prissy