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home

[hohm] / hoʊm /
ADJECTIVE
domestic
Synonyms
STRONG
central familiar family household local national native
WEAK
at ease at rest down home homely homey in one's element in the bosom inland internal
Antonyms
STRONG
foreign outside
WEAK
business commercial
NOUN
place where a human lives
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apartment cabin condo condominium cottage dormitory dwelling farm hospital house hut mansion palace place residence resort shelter trailer
STRONG
abode address asylum bungalow castle cave co-op diggings digs domicile dump fireside flat habitation hangout haunt hearth hideout homestead joint manor nest orphanage pad roof roost shanty turf villa
WEAK
boarding house commorancy crash pad hole in the wall home plate living quarters parking place rooming house where the hat is
Antonyms
WEAK
office
NOUN
birthplace, environment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
country family farm hometown household land neighborhood site
STRONG
abode element fireside habitat habitation haunt haven hearth hills homeland homestead locality range roof soil territory
WEAK
camping ground home ground neck of the woods stamping ground stomping ground
Antonyms
WEAK
office

Example Sentences

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These days, pastel and fluorescent birds groom, preen and bicker in enclosures behind the home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Melvin Edwards, a sculptor best known for abstract steel works that illustrated the history and resistance of African Americans, died March 30 at his Baltimore home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Now in her 80s, Lami Ezekiel remembers construction crews arriving in her ancestral home in Maitama, as it was destroyed to build Nigeria's capital, Abuja.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

That’s the tendency of consumers to spend more when their stocks and home values are riding high.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The Bible lay at home on its shelf, but much of it was stored in his heart.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.