home ground

noun

A sports team's own ground, which is used for their home games.

Meanings

nounhome ground (countable and uncountable, plural home grounds)

plural home grounds

  1. countableuncountablehobbiesA sports team's own ground, which is used for their home games.

    Synonyms: home turf, home pitch, home field

  2. figurativelyuncountableAn area, place, or situation where one feels familiar or at home.

    Synonyms: home turf, home pitch, home field

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA sports team's own ground, which is used for their home games.

nounAn area, place, or situation where one feels familiar or at home.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 主場 /主场, 主場 /主场
  • 主場 /主场 (zhǔchǎng)team's own ground
  • 主場 /主场 (zhǔchǎng)where one feels familiar
Danish hjemmebane
  • hjemmebaneteam's own ground
Finnish kotikenttä, oma maa
  • kotikenttäteam's own ground
  • oma maawhere one feels familiar
Hungarian hazai pálya
  • hazai pályawhere one feels familiar
Japanese ホームグラウンド, ホームグラウンド
  • ホームグラウンド (hōmuguraundo)team's own ground
  • ホームグラウンド (hōmuguraundo)where one feels familiar
Korean 홈구장, 홈그라운드
  • 홈구장 (homgujang)team's own ground
  • 홈그라운드 (homgeuraundeu)team's own ground
Norwegian Bokmål hjemmebane, hjemmebane
  • hjemmebaneteam's own ground
  • hjemmebanewhere one feels familiar
Polish boisko gospodarzy, własne podwórko
  • boisko gospodarzyteam's own ground
  • własne podwórkowhere one feels familiar
Swedish hemmaplan
  • hemmaplanteam's own ground
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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