HOME • noun: home; plural noun: homes

1. The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household. “the floods forced many people to flee their homes”. 2. The family or social unit occupying a permanent residence. “he came from a good home”. 3. A house or flat considered as a commercial property. “low-cost homes for first-time buyers”. 4. The district or country where one was born or has settled on a long-term basis. “they have made Provence their home”. 

Synonyms: place of residence, accommodation, property, a roof over one’s head, house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage, terraced house, semi-detached house, detached house, native land, homeland, home town, birthplace, roots, fatherland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, land of one’s fathers, the old country.

Origin: Old English hām, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heem and German Heim