homeward

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhoʊmwɚd/
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/ˈhoʊmwɚd/ · /ˈhəʊmwəd/

Definition of homeward

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Towards home.
    “I am homeward bound.”
    “There Enoch spoke no word to anyone, / But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? / His home, he walk'd.”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)Towards home.
    “I am homeward bound.”
    “There Enoch spoke no word to anyone, / But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? / His home, he walk'd.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)oriented towards home
    “I caught a homeward bus.”

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Etymology

From Middle English homward, from Old English hāmweard, from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to home + -ward. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homeward”).

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9 words

5-letter words

28 words

4-letter words

69 words

3-letter words

68 words

2-letter words

25 words

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