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1.0
A place where someone lives and feels they belong
  • noun
  • /hoʊm/
translation icon : hogar
  • Many people dream of owning their own home one day, where they can create happy memories.
  • home school
  • home environment
  • family home

I can't bring you into my home like this.

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Examples

  • After a long day at work, I love coming back to my home to relax.

  • Each day when I arrived at their home, all three boys were typically online.

    Academic text (2015)
  • So that is going to be my home for tonight.

  • We always had a home that allowed that.

  • -Are you at home right now?

  • In school, he read only when asked; at home, he did not read at all.

    Academic text (2012)
  • We all came from fine homes, good homes, and good parents and people.

    Academic text (2017)
  • I should have just stayed at home.

  • This woman came to my home, asked me to support Michael's release.

  • Students may have responsibilities at home or a job that helps keep the household afloat.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

place
vshome
1.0

A person's home where they live

is about emotional belonging as well as physical living spot
residence
vshome
253 2.5

A house or other place where someone lives

adds warmth and a sense of belonging beyond long term occupancy
dwelling
vshome
65 2.9

A house or apartment where someone lives

emphasizes personal belonging and family feeling more than structure
abode
vshome
26 5.8

A place where someone lives, like a house

is about emotional belonging rather than just a neutral living space
domicile
vshome
  • Formal
9 7.6

The place where a person lives permanently for legal and tax purposes

is less formal and carries more emotional and family meaning
habitation
vshome
4 5.1

A place where a person or animal lives

is narrower, focusing on human family life and emotional belonging
2.8

A house or building where people live, not a business building

covers broader senses of belonging beyond a single residential building

Idioms

1.0

In a situation where you feel comfortable and relaxed

913 1.0

In the place where you live

60 1.8

On your team's own field when playing a game

Relax and act like you are at home

17 3.4

To have a big success people do not expect

home sweet home
  • Informal
17 2.3

A warm, happy feeling when you are at your own home

9 4.4

To earn money to support your family

Bad actions or words cause trouble for the person who did them later

3 7.5

Without a home because of a disaster or bad luck

3 8.5

For a very long time that seems to never end

Leave a game or group angrily because you did not get your way

Make the home warm and caring while someone is away

1 7.3

To be good or special enough to tell people at home about

Bad things you did before cause problems now

home and dry
  • Informal
1 5.8

Someone has finished something safely and is not likely to fail

To leave a group or activity because you do not get your way

To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left

home and hosed
  • Informal
8.9

Sure of success and relieved after finishing a hard task

Not very good or special

Looking awake but not paying attention or thinking clearly

Compounds

183 2.9

A place where older people live and receive help with daily tasks and medical care

169 2.3

A hit that lets the batter run all the bases and score a run

81 3.4

A place where people prepare a dead body for burial or cremation and say goodbye

68 2.6

A home where a child lives when their parents cannot care for them

48 3.9

A person who rarely goes out and prefers being at home

41 2.3

A sports match played at a team's own stadium or field

34 2.8

A short film a family makes at home to keep memories

31 3.7

Made to be used at home rather than in a clinic or office

29 2.5

A large house made in a factory that can be moved and has water and electricity

home page
  • Texting
27 2.3

The main page of a website that appears when you open the site or your browser

27 1.9

The way a person lives and feels at home

24 1.3

A group of players who play at their own stadium with local fans

23 2.8

A personal computer used at home for writing, games and the internet

23 5.9

Illegal entry into a house while people are inside to steal or hurt them

home office
  • Formal
20 3.0

A main office where a company's leaders work and make decisions

home run
  • Informal
20 2.5

A very successful result that achieves its goal

home plate
  • Jargon
20 3.6

A flat rubber base with five sides that a batter stands over and runners touch to score

19 2.3

A house you use during holidays, not your main home

17 2.0

A person who buys a house or flat to live in

A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house

16 2.6

Money you borrow to buy a house that the bank can take if you do not pay

15 3.0

A family where the parents do not live together and children often have problems

15 3.5

A baby born at home instead of in a hospital

15 4.9

People at home who work to support the country's soldiers during a war

14 3.4

A large vehicle with a kitchen, bathroom, and beds for living while traveling

14 3.4

The main office where a company or group does its work

home care
  • Specialized
11 2.8

Care and help with medical and personal needs in a person's home for elderly or disabled people

11 3.0

The place where a sports team plays its own games for local fans

home screen
  • Texting
11 3.0

The first screen you see on a phone or app that shows apps and shortcuts

10 3.4

Money you get after taxes and other deductions

at home
  • Archaic
10 9.4

A formal social meeting at a person's home in the afternoon

old folks' home
  • Informal
10 2.7

A place where older people who need help live and get care

9 4.1

Preferring to be at home rather than go out socially

home wrecker
  • Offensive
9 7.9

A person who has a romantic relationship with someone married or in a relationship, causing it to end

9 3.3

A set of speakers and a big screen at home for watching movies like in a cinema

9 2.7

A person or company that builds houses as a business

The money you keep after taxes and other payments are taken out

rest home
  • Archaic
8 3.4

A place where older people live and get care

home equity loan
  • Specialized
6 3.7

A loan that uses the value of your house to get money for big expenses

Home Secretary
  • Literature
5 4.6

A senior government minister who leads the Home Office and handles security, law and immigration

5 1.8

Fried potato pieces that are brown and crisp, often served with breakfast

4 3.7

A UK government department that handles immigration, security and police matters

home ec
  • Informal
4 5.1

A school class that teaches cooking, sewing, and home skills

home rule
  • Formal
4 6.2

The right of a city or county to run its own local matters without central government control

stay-at-home
  • Formal
3 3.5

An official order telling people to remain at home to slow the spread of a disease

A feeling of ease and relaxation when you are at home

A machine used at home for jobs like cooking, cleaning, or storing food

A school subject about running a home, like cooking, sewing, and managing money

home port
  • Specialized
3 4.1

A place where a ship is registered and based

2 1.3

Baked at home rather than bought in a shop

2 3.2

A course you do at home instead of in a classroom

home range
  • Specialized
2 5.6

The area an animal usually moves in to feed and rest each day

To change and repair a house so it looks and works better

2 3.6

A place where a person, group, or animal feels most comfortable, often a team's regular field

2 5.7

A large, impressive house in the country owned by a rich family

1 6.5

A place where young people who have broken the law stay temporarily under court supervision

Home Loan Bank
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A regional bank that lends short-term money to local savings banks to support home loans

home territory
  • Specialized
1 3.9

An area where an animal usually lives and moves

1 3.9

Beer made at home rather than bought from a shop

1 5.9

A volunteer group of local people who protect their area when the army is away

1 4.2

A drink made at home rather than in a factory, like beer or cider

1 2.1

A warm comfortable place where you feel safe and relaxed

Exercise you do at home instead of at a gym

mental home
  • Archaic
1 6.1

A hospital for people who cannot look after themselves because of mental illness

home truth
  • Informal
1 6.5

A true but unpleasant fact about someone that they do not want to admit

1 5.0

A series of games a team plays at its home stadium

A US company backed by the government that buys home loans to help banks lend more

A large house made in a factory and moved to a site for permanent living

harvest home
  • Archaic
1 7.2

A festival at the end of the farming year when people gather to celebrate crops

home banking
  • Texting
1 3.2

To do bank tasks at home using a phone or computer

home folks
  • Informal
1 3.4

People from the place you grew up, especially your family

1 3.0

A flat rubber square that the batter stands beside and runners touch to score

home brew
  • Jargon
1 6.5

Unofficial programs or games made by hobbyists to run on commercial consoles

How Personal

home
1.0
house
1.0
apartment
  • US
1.0
lodging
50 3.4

Surface Forms

home singular
homes plural

Etymology

Home The word home comes from an old German word heim meaning 'homestead' or 'village', giving the picture of a safe place where people live. So a home is the place where you live or feel you belong.