Meanings
homeward1
alternative homewards
- not comparableTowards home.
I am homeward bound.
2 more examples
There Enoch spoke no word to anyone, / But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? / His home, he walk'd.
1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 36–37Musing on the water-god's sad instructions, the sage went homeward with bowed head in deep dejection. He caught up his little son in his arms and wept aloud.
1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 201
homeward2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveoriented toward home
adverbtoward home
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
homeward · adverb
- Proto-Germanic*haimawarda
- Old Englishhāmweard
- Middle Englishhomward
- Englishhomeward
From Middle English homward, from Old English hāmweard, from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to home + -ward. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homeward”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →homeward · adjective
- Middle Englishhomward
- Englishhomeward
From Middle English homward, from the adverb (see above).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans huiswaarts
- huiswaartstowards home
Ancient Greek οἴκαδε, δόμονδε
- οἴκαδε (oíkade)towards home
- δόμονδε (dómonde)towards home
Chinese Mandarin 回家
- 回家 (huíjiā)towards home
Czech domů
- domůtowards home
Dutch heemwaarts, huiswaarts
- heemwaartstowards home
- huiswaartstowards home
Esperanto hejmen
- hejmentowards home
Finnish kotiin, kotiin päin
- kotiintowards home
- kotiin päintowards home
- kotia kohtitowards home
French à la maison
- à la maisontowards home
German nach Hause, heim
- nach Hausetowards home
- heimtowards home
- heimwärtstowards home
Hebrew הביתה
- הביתה (habáyta)towards home
Hungarian haza, hazafelé
- hazatowards home
- hazafelétowards home
Irish abhaile
- abhailetowards home
Japanese 家へ向かって
- 家へ向かって (uchi e mukatte)towards home
Polish do domu, ku domowi
- do domutowards home
- ku domowitowards home
Portuguese para casa
- para casatowards home
Russian домо́й, восвоя́си
- домо́й (domój)towards home
- восвоя́си (vosvojási)towards home
Scottish Gaelic dhachaigh
- dhachaightowards home
Slovak domov
- domovtowards home
Spanish a casa
- a casatowards home
Swedish hemåt
- hemåttowards home
Ukrainian додо́му
- додо́му (dodómu)towards home
Welsh adref, adre
- adreftowards home
- adretowards home
Yiddish אַהיים
- אַהיים (aheym)towards home
Cite this entry
homeward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeward
“homeward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeward. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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