homecomings
Back where started
Homecomings is the plural of homecoming—returns to one's home or place of origin after an absence.
The word often refers to organized celebrations welcoming people back: high schools and colleges hold annual homecoming events with football games, dances, and alumni gatherings.
Military homecomings mark soldiers' returns from deployment.
The airport was full of emotional homecomings.
Go back again
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- familyRelated people together
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- memoriesStored past experiences
familiar · belonging · village · pilgrimage · birthplace · ancestral · prodigal · reunion
Organized distribution of resources
- reunionGathering after separation
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- flagsSymbolic national cloths
banners · embrace · families · tears · airport · surprise · honor · service
Extended adventurous journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- heroOne admired for courage
- prodigal sonReturning repentant offspring
- wandererRootless, roving person
exile · quest · threshold · transformation · recognition · reconciliation · redemption · storytelling
Gathering after separation
- alumniFormer school members
- footballField sport with goals
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- queenMost powerful chess piece
king · court · dance · pep rally · floats · mums · corsages · halftime
Scattered population sharing origins
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- motherlandOne's native country
fatherland · origins · exodus · emigrants · refugees · resettlement · citizenship · passport
return
Go back again
memories · familiar · belonging · village · pilgrimage · birthplace · ancestral · prodigal · reunion · kitchen
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
- reunionGathering after separation
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- baseSupporting bottom structure
flags · banners · embrace · families · tears · airport · surprise · honor · service · yellow ribbons
odyssey
Extended adventurous journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- heroOne admired for courage
- prodigal sonReturning repentant offspring
wanderer · exile · quest · threshold · transformation · recognition · reconciliation · redemption · storytelling · folklore
reunion
Gathering after separation
queen · king · court · dance · pep rally · floats · mums · corsages · halftime · stadium
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
motherland · fatherland · origins · exodus · emigrants · refugees · resettlement · citizenship · passport · borders
- community eventsparade, parades, festival, festivals, fair
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- heartwarmingfeel-good, touching, heartfelt, uplifting, tender
- local historytown history, local archives, local history, village history, founding
homecomingsdepartures
Acts of going away
goings · leave-takings · setting out · leavings · exits
homecomingsgoodbyes
Expressions said when parting
partings · separations · farewells · bereavements · valedictions
homecomingsexiles
Banished persons
banishments · expulsions · displacements · emigrations · flights
- Homecoming QueensStudents honored at reunions
- homecoming gameAthletic event welcoming alumni
- homecoming paradeProcession welcoming alumni back