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homeward

homeward

1.4
Toward the place where you live
  • adverb
  • /ˈhoʊmˌwɜrd/
translation icon : hacia casa
  • Families, if they arrested, hunt homeward puppets out of their windows.

I really do, man, you know, and well, homeward bro, onward.

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Examples

  • And compare the two, and by and large, you'll see that the homeward path is far more direct than that outward path.

  • Anybody could be the killer, strolling casually homeward, wearing the murder weapon.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I really do, man, you know, and well, homeward bro, onward.

    Theo Von

  • That's AC homeward out here in Atlanta.

  • After finishing dinner, we walked homeward under the starry sky.

  • As the sun set, he felt a sense of peace while heading homeward.

  • The children sang cheerfully as they trudged homeward from school.

Synonyms

home
vshomeward
∞ 1.0

To or at the place where someone lives

focuses specifically on movement toward the residence rather than being there
homeward-bound
vshomeward
1 3.9

Going toward home

indicates direction to the residence without the journey emphasis

Compounds

homeward-bound
1 3.9

Going toward home

Surface Forms

homeward positive

Morphology

homeward = home (transparent) = home + ward

Standard directional formation from 'home' using the productive suffix '-ward'; sense 'towards home' is directly compositional.

Etymology

The word homewards comes from home plus the direction ending -wards, the same ending in forward and backward, so it simply means going 'towards home'.