Definitions

home

[hohm] / hoʊm /

ADJECTIVE

domestic

Synonyms

STRONG

central familiar family household local national native

WEAK

at ease at rest down home homely homey in one's element in the bosom inland internal

Antonyms

STRONG

foreign outside

WEAK

business commercial

NOUN

place where a human lives

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apartment cabin condo condominium cottage dormitory dwelling farm hospital house hut mansion palace place residence resort shelter trailer

STRONG

abode address asylum bungalow castle cave co-op diggings digs domicile dump fireside flat habitation hangout haunt hearth hideout homestead joint manor nest orphanage pad roof roost shanty turf villa

WEAK

boarding house commorancy crash pad hole in the wall home plate living quarters parking place rooming house where the hat is

Antonyms

WEAK

office

NOUN

birthplace, environment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

country family farm hometown household land neighborhood site

STRONG

abode element fireside habitat habitation haunt haven hearth hills homeland homestead locality range roof soil territory

WEAK

camping ground home ground neck of the woods stamping ground stomping ground

Antonyms

WEAK

office

Example Sentences

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“It’s not the same home it once was.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"At the end of the day, my mother came back home with somebody else."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

A pilot program by Alphabet’s Google to provide home listings ads at the top of search results is expanding in a big way.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

A year ago, on 12 June, his parents were flying home to London when their Air India flight crashed just 32 seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Anytime. I’m heading home to my heating pad. And chocolate. You good?”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

home

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