hometown

noun

home·​town ˈhōm-ˈtau̇n 

often attributive

: the city or town where one was born or grew up

also : the place of one's principal residence

Examples of hometown in a Sentence

She returned to her hometown to stay after college.

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s the image projected by Chicago’s pragmatic, unemotional manager, Craig Counsell, who continues to get lustily booed in his hometown. —Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

His 15-year probation sentence banned him from his hometown, only making exceptions for specific events such as free concerts for fans and charitable purposes. —Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2025

Truesdale returned to his hometown of Montreal and continues to act in films and on television there. —Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025

But Vilonia, Arkansas, is even smaller than Roan’s hometown, with a population of around 4,400 in 2021. —Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hometown

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown

Kids Definition

hometown

noun

home·​town -ˈtau̇n 

: the city or town where one was born or grew up