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Antonyms for home
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : hohm |
| Phonetic Transcription : hoʊm |
Definition of home
Origin :- Old English ham "dwelling, house, estate, village," from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (cf. Old Frisian hem "home, village," Old Norse heimr "residence, world," heima "home," Danish hjem, Middle Dutch heem, German heim "home," Gothic haims "village"), from PIE root *tkei- "to settle, dwell, be home" (cf. Sanskrit kseti "abides, dwells," Armenian shen "inhabited," Greek kome, Lithuanian kaimas "village;" Old Church Slavonic semija "domestic servants").
- 'Home' in the full range and feeling of [Modern English] home is a conception that belongs distinctively to the word home and some of its Gmc. cognates and is not covered by any single word in most of the IE languages. [Buck]
- Home stretch (1841) is originally a reference from horse racing. Home base in baseball attested by 1859 (home plate by 1867; home as the goal in a sport or game is from 1778). Home economics first attested 1899. Slang phrase make (oneself) at home "become comfortable in a place one does not live" dates from 1892. To keep the home fires burning is from a song title from 1914. To be nothing to write home about "unremarkable" is from 1907. Home movie is from 1919; home computer is from 1967.
- adj domestic
- noun place where a human lives
- noun birthplace, environment
- In every American home that is a home, to-day, it demands attention.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "He can't be at home, or else he won't come," thought the visitor.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He might in this country; he'd never do it at home, you know.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He had a large family at home waiting his return from a Western journey.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The home of the Birkenholt family was not one of the least delightful.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He sat down in a chair, and stretched out his legs, with an air of being at home.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- They were some way from home, and Giles was the biggest and heaviest of them all.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He drove first to the Milbrey house, on the chance that she might be at home.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And then by a street sign she saw that she was near the home of Philippe.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I found him in Calcutta, and I have brought him home with me.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
Synonyms for home
- abode
- address
- apartment
- asylum
- at ease
- at rest
- boarding house
- bungalow
- cabin
- camping ground
- castle
- cave
- central
- co-op
- commorancy
- condo
- condominium
- cottage
- country
- crash pad
- diggings
- digs
- domicile
- dormitory
- down home
- dump
- dwelling
- element
- familiar
- family
- farm
- fireside
- flat
- habitat
- habitation
- hangout
- haunt
- haven
- hearth
- hideout
- hills
- hole in the wall
- home ground
- home plate
- homeland
- homely
- homestead
- hometown
- homey
- hospital
- house
- household
- hut
- in one's element
- in the bosom
- inland
- internal
- joint
- land
- living quarters
- local
- locality
- manor
- mansion
- national
- native
- neck of the woods
- neighborhood
- nest
- orphanage
- pad
- palace
- parking place
- place
- range
- residence
- resort
- roof
- rooming house
- roost
- shanty
- shelter
- site
- soil
- stamping ground
- stomping ground
- territory
- trailer
- turf
- villa
- where the hat is
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