home ground
Familiar playing field
Home ground is the place where someone or something is most established, comfortable, or advantaged.
In sports, it's the venue where a team regularly plays and enjoys crowd support: The team has won every match on home ground this season.
More broadly, it describes any area of familiarity or expertise: Constitutional law is her home ground.
Large venue for spectators
- arenaVenue for contests
- pitchFrequency of sound
- fieldArea of specialty
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
fans · supporters · fixture · venue · stands · season tickets · atmosphere · chants
stadium
Large venue for spectators
court · fans · supporters · fixture · venue · stands · season tickets · atmosphere · chants · turnstile
comfort zone
Psychological ease boundary
backyard · safe haven · sanctuary · refuge · habitat · niche · forte · wheelhouse · element · expertise
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
- ground(s) wordsgarden, yard, lawn, courtyard, campus
- rootstaproot, root system, root tip, fibrous root, primary root
- sports venuesstadium, arena, ballpark, gymnasium, fieldhouse
- homelandmotherland, fatherland, homeland, native land, birthplace
- rugbyscrum, try, rugby, Rugby World Cup, rugby union
home groundenemy territory
Area controlled by opponents
hostile territory · uncharted territory · away fixture · no man's land · neutral ground
home, ground, homeless, homes, grounded, hometown, grounding, homecoming, homelessness