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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In agreeing to buy the Scottsdale, Ariz. home builder, Berkshire Hathaway said it would pay a 24% premium to Friday’s close in the first deal under new CEO Greg Abel.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Their Paradise Cove condo is not unlike the home one of the main characters inhabits 30 years later in the book’s second half.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Council leader Ann Crimmings said: "The Bwlch Mountain is home to some of our most beautiful countryside, and it is completely unacceptable that a minority treat it as a personal dumping ground."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The government has defended the changes as seeking to overturn "intergenerational inequality" and help young people buy a home.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Our sister Nollie and her husband were coming that afternoon as soon as their six children got home from school.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

home

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