homeward

Examples

• All

• Disturbed, even upset, he drove homeward through the moist, golden afternoon.

  Fiction book (1997)

• If missionaries carried messages outward, they also carried messages homeward.

  Academic text (2003)

• I am perfectly able to travel homeward myself.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The village quiets as we turn homeward.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Klavs soon tires of his freedom and turns homeward.

  Academic text (1996)

• The streets were starting to empty as soldier, trader, and citizen alike made their way homeward for the evening.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Now they were homeward bound and they were leaving the hardship and toil of Alaska to live in the land of milk and honey.

  The Gold Rush (1925)

• Ellen struggled to swallow the hurting lump in her throat as she walked slowly homeward.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The innkeeper claimed that his lordship told various people in the common room that he was heading homeward from Greater Ambrose.

  Fiction book (1994)

• After spending a wonderful vacation, they felt excited as they were homeward bound.

Synonyms

H

home

vshomeward

∞ 1.0

To or at the place where someone lives

is specifically about moving toward one's place of residence rather than being there

H

homeward-bound

vshomeward

3 3.9

Going toward home

is more general meaning toward one's place of residence or relating to return

Compounds

H

homeward-bound

3 3.9

Going toward home

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology