the home front

noun

: the people who stay in a country and work while that country's soldiers are fighting in a war in a foreign country

During the war we had to keep up morale on the home front.

Examples of the home front in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the home front, the rest of the Indiana Fever roster is back at practice after a week off. — Chloe Peterson, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026

Whether a sailor can tend to the home front or get counseling depends entirely on her immediate command, which is to say, on her boss. — Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

Back on the home front, Nora heads to a mental-health seminar headed up by her old boss, Ed George. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Back at the home front of Ithaca, Penelope and Telemachus are fighting off suitors who want to wed Penelope and take over the kingdom. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

Rhymes for the home front

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• upfront
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront