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

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

Kim has led the group with discipline, courage, and a sense of duty, all of which were honed in the military as well as on the home front. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 8 June 2026

While the men who landed on the beaches of Normandy are remembered each year, Museum officials said the women on the home front played an essential role in making Allied victory possible. — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026

On the home front, Dosunmu and Mike Conley are both unrestricted free agents. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 20 May 2026

Rhymes for the home front

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