Synonyms for home
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. House — A dwelling. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in…
house, abode, dwelling, domicile formal, residence, dwelling house, tenement, door, shelter, habitation, abiding-place, seat
3. Nursing home
4. Hearth
Other
place, base, plate, asylum, habitat, civilization, civilisation UK, fold, homelyn rare
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
A dwelling. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
- n. 2
A dwelling. The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; a childhood or parental home; the home of one’s parents or guardian.
Does she still live at home? - No, she moved out and got an apartment when she was 18, but she still lives in the city.
- n. 3
A dwelling. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
- adj. 1
Of, from, or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- homes → houses, abodes, dwellings, domiciles…
Example sentences
- house His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
- residence Sami purchased a three-bedroom residence in Cairo.
- dwelling For Sami, not dwelling on the past was a struggle.
- abode Thine abode this Earth is but a rat's cage for thee.
- plate Does the license plate of your car begin with ABC?
- fold "I can't fold another crane," she said to herself.
By length
- 4 letters
- door1, base1, seat1, fold1
- 5 letters
- house1, place1, plate1, abode2
- 6 letters
- family3, native2, asylum3, inward2, hearth1, menage
- 7 letters
- shelter2, habitat3, homelyn
- 8 letters
- national3, domestic3, internal3, interior4, dwelling2, tenement3, domicile, fireside3
- 9 letters
- household2, residence3, ingleside
- 10 letters
- habitation4
- 12 letters
- civilization5, civilisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abode2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gîte
- Italiano
- sbandamento
- Español
- posada
- Deutsch
- Wohnung
- Català
- refugi