homesick

home·sick
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UK/ˈhəʊ̯m.sɪk/UK[ˈhəʊ̯m.sɪk]US/ˈhoʊ̯m.sɪk/US[ˈhoʊ̯m.sɪk]

adjective

Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.

“feel homesick”

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desirouswishful
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Meanings

adjectivehomesick (comparative more homesick, superlative most homesick)

comparative more homesick · superlative most homesick

  1. oftenMissing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.

    feel homesick

    4 more examples

    become homesick

    deeply homesick

    She felt terribly homesick during her first month abroad.

    The camp counselors tried to comfort the homesick children.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelonging to return home

Similar
desirouswishful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Back-formation from homesickness, equivalent to home + sick.

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Translations

Bulgarian носталгичен
  • носталгичен (nostalgičen)missing one's home or family
Catalan enyorat
  • enyoratmissing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin 思鄉 /思乡, 想家
  • 思鄉 /思乡 (sīxiāng)missing one's home or family
  • 想家 (xiǎngjiā)missing one's home or family
  • 鄉愁 /乡愁 (xiāngchóu)missing one's home or family
  • 懷鄉 /怀乡 (huáixiāng)missing one's home or family
Czech tesknící po domově
  • tesknící po domověmissing one's home or family
Dutch heemziek, heimwee
  • heemziekmissing one's home or family
  • heimweemissing one's home or family
Finnish koti-ikävä
  • koti-ikävämissing one's home or family
German heimwehkrank
  • heimwehkrankmissing one's home or family
Greek νοσταλγός
  • νοσταλγός (nostalgós)missing one's home or family
Icelandic vera með heimþrá, vera haldinn heimþrá
  • vera með heimþrámissing one's home or family
  • vera haldinn heimþrámissing one's home or family
Indonesian rindu rumah
  • rindu rumahmissing one's home or family
Italian nostalgico
  • nostalgicomissing one's home or family
Japanese ホームシック
  • ホームシック (hōmushikku)missing one's home or family
Māori manatu
  • manatumissing one's home or family
Polish nostalgiczny
  • nostalgicznymissing one's home or family
Russian тоску́ющий по дому
  • тоску́ющий по дому (po)missing one's home or family
Tagalog sabik sa pag-uwi, nahihidlaw
  • sabik sa pag-uwimissing one's home or family
  • nahihidlawmissing one's home or family
Turkish yurduna özlemli
  • yurduna özlemlimissing one's home or family
Cite this entry
APA

homesick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homesick

MLA

“homesick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homesick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homesick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homesick.

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