forever home

noun

A permanent home found for a child or animal who is to be adopted.

“We were so glad to rescue Jezebel from the shelter and bring her to her forever home.”

Meanings

nounforever home (plural forever homes)

plural forever homes

  1. A permanent home found for a child or animal who is to be adopted.

    We were so glad to rescue Jezebel from the shelter and bring her to her forever home.

    1 more example

    Face Eater Cat is a very happy, healthy animal who's found her forever home, and she chirrups along when serenaded with eighties hits. It's a match made in heaven.

    2022 July 23, “A She-Cat Tamed By The Purr Of Her Humans”, in Not Always Right, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022
  2. A home in which a resident settles with the expectation of living there for the rest of their life.

    We put in the strongest bid that we could, because we wanted the home so bad — it felt like our forever home from the first moment we stepped inside.

    Synonyms: forever house

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA home in which a resident settles with the expectation of living there for the rest of their life.

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APA

forever home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forever%20home

MLA

“forever home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forever%20home. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forever home,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forever%20home.

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