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home

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At home
in one's home, in one's house, at ease, in the family, at rest, about home, homely, domestic, familiar, being oneself, before one's own fireside, homey, in the bosom of one's family, down home, in one's element; see also comfortable 1.
Toward home
to one's home, back, homeward bound; see homeward.

home Synonyms

home

n.

A dwelling place
house, dwelling, residence, habitation, habitat, tenement, abode, lodging, quarters, homestead, hospice, hostel, domicile, dormitory, seat, berth, apartment, condominium, flat, living quarters, messuage (British), palace, shelter, asylum, pied Ã terre (French), hut, haunt, resort, cabin, bungalow, cottage, chalet, mansion, castle, summer home, rooming house, country home, place, address, diggings, shanty, wigwam, igloo, topek, hovel, cave, isba (Russian), lodge, villa, hotel, inn, manor, tepee, farmhouse, tavern, resthouse, barrack, tent, pad*, hide-out*, dump*, hang-out*, headquarters*, parking place*, digs*, nest*, condo*, where one hangs one's hat*; see also apartment, trailer.
The whole complex associated with domestic life
homestead, hearth, fireside, birthplace, hometown, haven, rest, roof, the farm, the ancestral halls, the hills, the land, neck of the woods*, camping ground*, home-sweet-home*; see also sense 1.
An asylum
orphanage, orphan asylum, rest home, home for the aged, soldiers' home, shelter, sanatorium, insane asylum, mental hospital, poorhouse, poor farm, almshouse*, booby hatch*, bathouse*; see also hospital, sanitarium.
In baseball, the base at which the batter stands
home plate, the plate, batter's box, head of the diamond, the rubber*, the platter*; see also base 5.

at home

relaxed, at ease, familiar; see comfortable 1, home 1.

bring (something) home to

impress upon, make apparent, make clear to, convince; see emphasize, persuade 1.

come home

come back, go back, return home, regress; see return 1.

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Another word for home

noun

A building or shelter where one lives:
abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, house, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. (Chiefly British) dig (used in plural). See protection
The natural environment of an animal or plant:
habitat, haunt, stamping ground. See territory
An institution that provides care and shelter:
asylum, hospice, hospital, shelter. See protection