home

1 the place where one lives as we entered his 34-room mansion, our host playfully exclaimed, “Welcome to my humble home!” Synonyms abode, diggings, domicile, dwelling, fireside, habitation, hearth, hearthstone, house, lodging, pad, place, quarters, residence, roof Related Words accommodations, housing, nest, residency, shelter; bungalow, cabin, casita, chalet, cottage; duplex, ranch, ranch house, saltbox, semi [chiefly British], split level, townhome, town house, tract house, triplex; apartment, apartment house, condominium, flat, tenement, tenement house, walk-up; penthouse, salon, suite; barracks, billet, boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, lodging house, lodgment (or lodgement), room(s), rooming house; castle, château, countryseat, estate, hall, manor, manor house, mansion, palace, villa; farmhouse, grange, hacienda, homestead; double-wide, houseboat, house trailer, mobile home, motor home, recreational vehicle, trailer; hermitage, manse, parsonage, rectory, vicarage; hooch (or hootch) [slang], hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty

2 the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found the American south, the home of the armadillo Synonyms habitat, niche, range, territory Related Words element, environment, environs, haunt, locality, milieu, neighborhood, setting, surroundings

3 the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship people who have a common home, traditions, language, and food tend to form their own communities in their adopted countries Synonyms fatherland, country, homeland, mother country, motherland, sodRelated Words old country; community, neighborhood

4 those who live as a family in one house a man who believes that a person's home is the most important thing in life Synonyms extended family, household, house, ménageRelated Words blood, folks, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, kith; brood; nuclear family; clan, community

5 a place of origin Springfield, Massachusetts, is the home of basketball, for it was there that the first hoops were hung in 1891 Synonyms cradle, birthplace, mother country, motherlandRelated Words hometown; Blighty [chiefly British], country, nativity, old country, roots