home run

US[hɔʊːm ɹʌn]

noun

A four-base hit, allowing the batter to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team.

“I'm on the home run.”

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homerlongballbell ringerbull's eyemarkbull's-eye
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Meanings

nounhome run (plural home runs)

plural home runs · alternative homerun

  1. ball gamesA four-base hit, allowing the batter to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team.

    The first baseman hit a home run to lead off the ninth.

    Synonyms: homer, longball

  2. ball gamesA three-base hit, a legal hit where the batter gets to third base without stopping illegally and without the opposing team attempting to put the batter out on earlier bases, scoring one run immediately.
  3. figurativelyThe portion of a journey that ends at home.

    I'm on the home run.

  4. figurativelyA success, especially a popular success.

    The product was a home run.

  5. euphemisticfigurativelyslangSexual intercourse.
  6. businessA connection from a central distribution point or circuit breaker to a destination.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA four-base hit, allowing the batter to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team.

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homerlongball

More synonyms by meaning

nouna base hit on which the batter scores a run

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homer
Broader
base hitsafety

nounsomething that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

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bell ringerbull's eyemarkbull's-eye
Broader
success
Also see
bell ringerhomermark

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian хоумрън, хит
  • хоумрън (houmrăn)(baseball) four-base hit
  • хит (hit)success
  • секс (seks)sexual intercourse
Catalan quadrangular
  • quadrangular(baseball) four-base hit
Chinese Mandarin 全壘打 /全垒打
  • 全壘打 /全垒打 (quánlěidǎ)(baseball) four-base hit
Esperanto hejmkuro
  • hejmkuro(baseball) four-base hit
Finnish kunnari, kotimatka
  • kunnari(baseball) four-base hit
  • kotimatkaportion of a journey that ends at home
  • menestyssuccess
  • panosexual intercourse
French coup de circuit, circuit
  • coup de circuit(baseball) four-base hit
  • circuit(baseball) four-base hit
Hungarian hazafutás
  • hazafutás(baseball) four-base hit
Italian fuoricampo
  • fuoricampo(baseball) four-base hit
Japanese ホームラン, 本塁打
  • ホームラン (hōmuran)(baseball) four-base hit
  • 本塁打 (honruida)(baseball) four-base hit
Korean 홈런, 본루타
  • 홈런 (homneon)(baseball) four-base hit
  • 본루타 (bolluta)(baseball) four-base hit
Portuguese home run
  • home run(baseball) four-base hit
Russian хоум-ра́н, хомя́к
  • хоум-ра́н (xoum-rán)(baseball) four-base hit
  • хомя́к (xomják)(baseball) four-base hit
Spanish jonrón, cuadrangular
  • jonrón(baseball) four-base hit
  • cuadrangular(baseball) four-base hit
  • tablazo(baseball) four-base hit
  • toletazo(baseball) four-base hit
  • vuelacerca(baseball) four-base hit
  • vuelacercas(baseball) four-base hit
  • home run(baseball) four-base hit
Tagalog lubig
  • lubig(baseball) four-base hit
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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