HOMEMADE Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

homemade

adjective

Definition of homemade

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made in the home and not in a factory, store, etc. He makes a fantastic homemade bread.

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Recent Examples of homemade Beyond classic drip coffee and specialty lattes, The Cauldron will serve cold brews, tea and lemonade featuring Auten’s homemade syrups. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026 The event also includes homemade cookies, beverages and a commemorative teacup and saucer or a mug with a collectable china pattern. — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Other menu favorites such as pies, cakes, cookies, breads, sundaes and milkshakes are available, along with the return of mango shakes and slushies, and homemade guava and hot pepper guava jellies. — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 The 40-foot homemade boat was overloaded with 64 people, who panicked and jumped overboard after De La Rosa began stabbing people, a Homeland Security Investigations criminal complaint states. — David Goodhue october 12, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homemade

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Adjective

The technology could be particularly useful in situations where drones operate frequently or perform missions with limited time for detailed manual checks.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
This is a system that automatically manages clutch engagement according to engine speed, reducing the need for manual clutch operation and making everyday riding more convenient.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

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But wrap a play in too much homespun folksiness and the thing starts to feel both suffocating and, despite all the driving tunes and stomping choreography in the world, suffocated.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
In a recent survey of the state of twee music, Mason Mann, a member of Josephine’s Next Million Miles—a newer act that owes a lot to the homespun indie pop of the ’80s and ’90s—surmised that the core of the genre was not joy, but pain.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026

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