home

Adjective
  1. Used of your own ground (synset 301222498)
    "a home game"
    referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
  2. Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are (synset 302753598)
    "my home town"
  3. Inside the country (synset 301042014)
    "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
    similar to: domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
    same as: interior, internal, national
Noun
  1. Where you live at a particular time (synset 108577045)
    "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
    is a type of: abode, residence - any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
    subtypes: home away from home, home from home - a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home
    same as: place
  2. Housing that someone is living in (synset 103264208)
    "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
    is a type of: housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed
    subtypes:
    • cliff dwelling - a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff
    • condo, condominium - one of the dwelling units in a condominium
    • fixer-upper - a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price)
    • fireside, hearth - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
    • hermitage - the abode of a hermit
    • homestead - dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
    • house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
    • lake dwelling, pile dwelling - dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages
    • indian lodge, lodge - any of various Native American dwellings
    • messuage - (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
    • semi-detached house - a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side
    • vacation home - a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation
    • yurt - a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
    has:
    same as: abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation
  3. The country or state or city where you live (synset 108507209)
    "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"
    is a type of: location - a point or extent in space
  4. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands;
    It must be touched by a base runner in order to score (synset 103534081)
    "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
    referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: bag, base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring
    same as: home base, home plate, plate
  5. The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end (synset 108507412)
    is a type of: location - a point or extent in space
    same as: base
  6. Place where something began and flourished (synset 108602685)
    "the United States is the home of basketball"
    is a type of: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source - the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  7. An environment offering affection and security (synset 114537296)
    "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"
    is a type of: environment - the totality of surrounding conditions
  8. A social unit living together (synset 108094856)
    "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"; "the family refused to accept his will"
    is a type of: social unit, unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
    subtypes:
    • broken home - a family in which the parents have separated or divorced
    • conjugal family, nuclear family - a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner
    • extended family - a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives
    • foster family - the family of a fosterling
    • foster home - a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)
    • menage a trois - household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations
    same as: family, house, household, menage
  9. An institution where people are cared for (synset 103533280)
    "a home for the elderly"
    is a type of: institution - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
    same as: nursing home, rest home
Adverb
  1. At or to or in the direction of one's home or family (synset 400098390)
    "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"
  2. On or to the point aimed at (synset 400099070)
    "the arrow struck home"
  3. To the fullest extent;
    To the heart (synset 400098930)
    "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"
Verb
  1. Provide with, or send to, a home (synset 202465056)
    is a type of: domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for
  2. Return home accurately from a long distance (synset 202009361)
    "homing pigeons"
    is a type of: return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

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