group home

noun

: a residence for persons requiring care or supervision

Examples of group home in a Sentence

a group home for young adults with disabilities

Recent Examples on the Web

Status offenders can be sent to foster care or group homes, where they are not locked up. — Jay Blitzman, The Conversation, 8 June 2026

They were placed in an Arizona group home, while the adult wives were questioned by police. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026

The victim's family is suing the state along with the operator of the group home where the victim lived at the time. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 8 May 2026

Many other people with care needs, from children to young adults and beyond, live in group homes in the United States. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 15 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for group home

• biome
• genome
• nichrome
• noisome
• prodrome
• radome
• rhizome
• shalom
• syndrome
• acrosome
• aerodrome
• catacomb

Medical Definition

group home

noun

-ˌhōm 

: a residence for persons (as developmentally disabled individuals or foster children) requiring care, assistance, or supervision