homecomer
One who returns
A homecomer is someone who returns home, especially after a long absence.
The word appears most often around homecoming events at schools and universities, where homecomers are alumni returning for reunions and football games: Homecomers filled the stands for the big game.
It can also describe anyone coming back to a place of origin: The village welcomed its homecomers after the war.
Return to origin country
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
evacuee · refugee · displaced · native · pilgrim · prodigal · survivor · deportee
Related people together
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- embraceHold closely in arms
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
feast · togetherness · reconnection · bonding · rekindle · reunite · fellowship · ancestral
Go back again
- destinationIntended arrival point
- landingDescent's final moment
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- doorstepEntrance's bottom ledge
welcome · embrace · greeting · reception · disembarkation · touchdown · reentry · completion
Longing for one's dwelling
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- memoriesStored past experiences
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
reminiscence · sentimentality · pining · heartache · recollection · hiraeth · bittersweet · fondness
repatriate
Return to origin country
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
immigrant · evacuee · refugee · displaced · native · pilgrim · prodigal · survivor · deportee · resettler
family
Related people together
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- embraceHold closely in arms
welcome · feast · togetherness · reconnection · bonding · rekindle · reunite · fellowship · ancestral · heritage
return
Go back again
- destinationIntended arrival point
- landingDescent's final moment
- thresholdPoint of beginning
doorstep · welcome · embrace · greeting · reception · disembarkation · touchdown · reentry · completion · culmination
homesickness
Longing for one's dwelling
wistfulness · reminiscence · sentimentality · pining · heartache · recollection · hiraeth · bittersweet · fondness · reverie
- Homecoming QueensStudents honored at reunions