homesick
Longing for there
Homesick describes the longing or sadness felt when away from home.
The feeling combines missing familiar surroundings, loved ones, and daily routines: She was homesick for her mother's cooking.
Children at summer camp get homesick; so do adults who relocate for work.
The ache can persist even when someone chose to leave.
At great distance
- abroadIn foreign territory
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- foreignFrom another nation
relocation · traveler · displaced · exile · overseas · transplant · sojourner · departure
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- missFail to reach
wistfulness · longing · desire · hankering · sighing · languishing · restlessness · wanting
Related people together
- hometownOne's place of origin
- homelandOne's native land
- motherlandOne's native country
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
roots · belonging · attachment · upbringing · heritage · native · hearth · familiarity
Deep emotional distress
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- forlornSad and abandoned
- downheartedLow in spirits
pensive · heavyhearted · blue · mournful · tearful · weepy · glum · despondent
faraway
At great distance
- abroadIn foreign territory
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
foreign · relocation · traveler · displaced · exile · overseas · transplant · sojourner · departure · uprooted
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
miss · wistfulness · longing · desire · hankering · sighing · languishing · restlessness · wanting · wishful
family
Related people together
- hometownOne's place of origin
- homelandOne's native land
- motherlandOne's native country
birthplace · roots · belonging · attachment · upbringing · heritage · native · hearth · familiarity · stability
heartache
Deep emotional distress
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- forlornSad and abandoned
downhearted · pensive · heavyhearted · blue · mournful · tearful · weepy · glum · despondent · crestfallen
memories
Stored past experiences
tradition · reunion · flashback · photographs · recollection · keepsakes · mementos · letters · souvenirs · scrapbook
- homesicknesslonging, yearning, pining, hiraeth, return
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember
- emigrationemigrant, emigration, economic migrants, emigre, political refugees
- exchange programsexchange student, study abroad, host families, exchange program, student visas
- expatexpat, expat community, expat bubble, relocation, overseas posting
- sentimentalitymawkish, schmaltzy, saccharine, treacly, cloying
homesickwanderlust
Craving for distant places
adventurous · itchy feet · rootless · nomadic · footloose