home field
Where fans cheer
Home field is the venue where a sports team regularly plays, as opposed to traveling to opponents' locations.
Teams playing on their home field typically enjoy advantages—familiar surroundings, supportive crowds, no travel fatigue: The home field advantage was decisive.
The term extends to any setting where someone operates with natural advantage: Contract negotiations are his home field.
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- stadiumLarge venue for spectators
- turfGrass-covered earth surface
- crowdLarge public gathering
- fansArdent admirers or coolers
sold out crowd · cheering · familiar · territory · court · arena · locker room · roar · fight song · pep rally · hometown · ground · pitch · bleachers · seventh inning stretch · rivalry · tailgate · scoreboard
- home advantagesfan support, crowd noise
- advantagesedge, leverage, upper hand, leg up, head start
- home advantagefans, cheering, familiarity, fortress, homestand
- territorial advantagehigh ground, stronghold, foothold, beachhead, outpost
- sports edgesadvantage, power play, man advantage, momentum, head start
- footballfootball, touchdown, quarterback, end zone, goal