n. 25B6; noun
they fled their homes : RESIDENCE, place of residence, house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage; accommodation, property, quarters, lodgings, rooms; a roof over one's head; address, place; informal pad, digs, semi; formal domicile, abode, dwelling (place), habitation. See lists here and at animal .
I am far from my home : HOMELAND, native land, home town, birthplace, roots, fatherland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, the old country.
a home for the elderly : INSTITUTION, nursing home, retirement home, rest home, children's home; hospice, shelter, refuge, retreat, asylum, hostel.
the home of fine wines : DOMAIN, realm, origin, source, cradle, fount, fountainhead.
25B6; adjective
the UK home market : DOMESTIC, internal, local, national, interior.
home produce : HOME-MADE, home-grown, local, family.
foreign, international.
25A0; at home
I was at home all day : IN, in one's house, present, available, indoors, inside, here.
she felt very much at home : AT EASE, comfortable, relaxed, content; in one's element.
he is at home with mathematics : CONFIDENT WITH, conversant with, proficient in; used to, familiar with, au fait with, au courant with, skilled in, experienced in, well versed in; informal well up on.
she was not at home to friends : ENTERTAINING, receiving; playing host to.
25A0; bring something home to someone MAKE SOMEONE REALIZE, make someone understand, make someone aware, make something clear to someone; drive home, press home, impress upon someone, draw attention to, focus attention on, underline, highlight, spotlight, emphasize, stress.
25A0; hit home . See hit .
25A0; home in on FOCUS ON, concentrate on, zero in on, centre on, fix on; highlight, spotlight, underline, pinpoint; informal zoom in on.
25A0; nothing to write home about (informal) UNEXCEPTIONAL, mediocre, ordinary, commonplace, indifferent, average, middle-of-the-road, run-of-the-mill; tolerable, passable, adequate, fair; informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, (plain) vanilla, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much; Brit. informal common or garden; N. Amer. informal ornery.
Homes
adobe longhouse
A-frame maisonette
apartment manoir
back-to-back manor
barracks manse
bastide mansion
bedsit messuage
bedsitter mobile home
bed-sitting room motel
bi-level mud hut
black house palace
blockhouse parsonage
bungalow penthouse
cabin pied-à-terre
caravan pile dwelling
castle prefab
chalet presbytery
chateau priory
condo ranch (house)
condominium rancher
cottage rath
country house rectory
crannog rest home
dacha rondavel
deanery semi-detached house
detached house shack
donga shanty
duplex side split
farmhouse single end
fibro skerm
flat split
flatlet stately home
floatel stilted house
frame house studio flat
gîte tenement
grange tent
hacienda tepee
hermitage terrace
hogan terraced house
homestead terramare
hostel town house
hotel trailer
house tree house
houseboat tupik
hovel two-up two-down
hut vicarage
igloo villa
jhuggi whare
lake dwelling wigwam
lodge yurt
log cabin