Antonyms for fireside


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fahyuh r-sahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪərˌsaɪd


Definition of fireside

Origin :
  • 1560s, from fire (n.) + side (n.). Symbolic of home life by 1848.
  • As in hearth : noun a fireplace
  • As in habitat : noun residence
  • As in fireplace : noun hearth for burning wood
  • As in habitat/habitation : noun place where someone resides
  • As in home : noun place where a human lives
  • As in home : noun birthplace, environment
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Raymount was sitting at the fireside with her embroidery.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Why shouldn't we make one fireside of it, and marry each other?'
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • There was a sergeant, reading, in one of the fireside groups.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • All this hubbub excited the attention of Boxtel, who was just taking his meal by his fireside.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • Now to recollect by the fireside on the white square of marble.
  • Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
  • In the evening, at his fireside, he drew it out again and re-read it.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • What time would you have at your fireside, or even at your family table?
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • He had no mind to spend the day at her fireside in pleasant, meaningless talk.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Thus world-wide conditions may be flashed to the farmer's fireside.
  • Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson
  • "I once attempted a deal with him," said an old farmerlike man at the fireside.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for fireside

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