homeward
Heading back inside
Homeward means toward home or in the direction of home: We turned homeward as the sun set.
It works as both adverb and adjective: the homeward journey, heading homeward.
The word carries a sense of return after time away.
Homewards is a variant more common in British English.
Fireplace floor area
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- havenShelter from danger
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- shelterProtected place or structure
warmth · safety · peace · security · refuge · cozy · snug · fireside
Go back again
- voyageJourney by sea
- travelMovement between locations
- trekArduous overland journey
- commuteRegular work travel
transit · traverse · pilgrimage · odyssey · migration · expedition · crossing · departure
Secured or destined
- bearingPosture or orientation
- coursePlanned path forward
- routePath from A to B
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
destination · navigation · orientation · trajectory · compass · heading · wayfinding · GPS
Intense prolonged craving
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- piningAching with prolonged desire
memories · reminiscence · sentimentality · melancholy · aching · missing · heartsick · bittersweet
hearth
Fireplace floor area
shelter · warmth · safety · peace · security · refuge · cozy · snug · fireside · belonging
return
Go back again
commute · transit · traverse · pilgrimage · odyssey · migration · expedition · crossing · departure · passage
bound
Secured or destined
pathway · destination · navigation · orientation · trajectory · compass · heading · wayfinding · GPS · map
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
pining · memories · reminiscence · sentimentality · melancholy · aching · missing · heartsick · bittersweet · reverie
arrival
Act of reaching destination
reentry · approach · gateway · doorstep · returning · coming back · heading back · inbound · finale · conclusion
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- directionsnorth, south, east, west, left
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- voyagesvoyage, sea voyage, cruise, passage, crossing
- adverbs of direction/mannerforward, backward, sideways, upward, downward
- Getting Homedriving, walking, commute, bus ride, train ride