home meaning and definition

HOME noun

Definition of home (noun)

1. where you live at a particular time
   • "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
   • synonyms: place
2. housing that someone is living in
   • "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
   • synonyms: abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation
3. the country or state or city where you live
   • "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"
4. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
   • "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
   • synonyms: home base, home plate, plate
5. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
   • synonyms: base
6. place where something began and flourished
   • "the United States is the home of basketball"
7. an environment offering affection and security
   • "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"
8. a social unit living together
   • "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"
   • synonyms: family, house, household, menage
9. an institution where people are cared for
   • "a home for the elderly"
   • synonyms: nursing home, rest home

HOME verb

Definition of home (verb)

1. provide with, or send to, a home
2. return home accurately from a long distance
   • "homing pigeons"

HOME adjective

Definition of home (adjective)

1. used of your own ground
   • "a home game"
   • antonym: away
2. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
   • "my home town"
3. inside the country
   • "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
   • synonyms: interior, internal, national

HOME adverb

Definition of home (adverb)

1. at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
   • "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
   • "the arrow struck home"
3. to the fullest extent; to the heart
   • "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"