homewards

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adjective

Leading toward home.

“We're now heading homewards.”

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homeward
OriginMiddle English homwardes ← Old English hāmweardes →
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Meanings

adjectivehomewards (not comparable)

alternative homeward

  1. not comparableLeading toward home.

    At the end of the day we gratefully set off in a homewards direction.

adverb

alternative homeward

  1. towards home

    We're now heading homewards.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbtoward home

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhāmweardes
  2. Middle Englishhomwardes
  3. Englishhomewards

From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 回家
  • 回家 (huíjiā)leading toward home
Czech domů
  • domůleading toward home
Dutch heemwaarts, huiswaarts
  • heemwaartsleading toward home
  • huiswaartsleading toward home
Finnish kotiin, kotiin päin
  • kotiinleading toward home
  • kotiin päinleading toward home
  • kotia kohtileading toward home
  • kotiin meneväleading toward home
French à la maison
  • à la maisonleading toward home
German nach Hause, heim
  • nach Hauseleading toward home
  • heimleading toward home
  • heimwärtsleading toward home
Hebrew הביתה
  • הביתה (habáyta)leading toward home
Hungarian hazafelé, haza
  • hazafeléleading toward home
  • hazaleading toward home
Irish abhaile
  • abhaileleading toward home
Japanese 家へ向かって
  • 家へ向かって (uchi e mukatte)leading toward home
Norwegian Bokmål hjemover
  • hjemoverleading toward home
Polish skierowany ku domowi
  • skierowany ku domowileading toward home
Portuguese para casa
  • para casaleading toward home
Russian восвоя́си, домо́й
  • восвоя́си (vosvojási)leading toward home
  • домо́й (domój)leading toward home
  • направля́ющийся домо́й (napravljájuščijsja domój)leading toward home
  • к до́му (k dómu)leading toward home
Scottish Gaelic dhachaigh
  • dhachaighleading toward home
Slovak domov
  • domovleading toward home
Swedish hemåt
  • hemåtleading toward home
Turkish eve
  • eveleading toward home
Ukrainian додо́му
  • додо́му (dodómu)leading toward home
Welsh adref, adre
  • adrefleading toward home
  • adreleading toward home
Yiddish אַהיים
  • אַהיים (aheym)leading toward home
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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