home

nouns

where you live at a particular time

"deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"

home, place

is derived from

homely

housing that someone is living in

"he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home

the country or state or city where you live

"Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"

home

is a type of (narrower)

a point or extent in space

location

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

"he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"

home, home base, home plate, plate

the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

base, home

place where something began and flourished

"the United States is the home of basketball"

home

is a type of (narrower)

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

beginning, origin, root, rootage, source

an environment offering affection and security

"home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"

home

is derived from

homy

is derived from

homey

is a type of (narrower)

the totality of surrounding conditions

"he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"

environment

a social unit living together

"he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

family, home, house, household, menage

an institution where people are cared for

"a home for the elderly"

home, nursing home, rest home

verbs

provide with, or send to, a home

home

is a type of (narrower)

provide housing for

"The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

domiciliate, house, put up

return home accurately from a long distance

"homing pigeons"

home

is a type of (narrower)

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

"return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

return

adjectives

used of your own ground

"a home game"

home

antonym

away

domain category

an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

athletics, sport

relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

"my home town"

home

inside the country

"the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"

home, interior, internal, national

adverbs

at or to or in the direction of one's home or family

"He stays home on weekends"; "after the game the children brought friends home for supper"; "I'll be home tomorrow"; "came riding home in style"; "I hope you will come home for Christmas"; "I'll take her home"; "don't forget to write home"

home

on or to the point aimed at

"the arrow struck home"

home

to the fullest extent; to the heart

"drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"

home