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homebound

US/ˈhoʊmbaʊnd/

homebound adjective: being on one's way home: being homeward bound.

Adjective

homebound (not comparable)

  1. Being on one's way home: being homeward bound.
  2. Confined to one's home, unable to leave it for some reason.
    Synonyms:
    housebound

Adverb

homebound (comparative more homebound, superlative most homebound)

  1. Heading homeward, homeward bound.

homebound meaning in Tamil

homebound in Tamil

வீட்டில் கட்டுப்படிருக்கின்ற

Synonyms of homebound

Forms of homebound

comparativemore homebound
superlativemost homebound

Origin of homebound

From home + bound or home + -bound.

Questions about homebound

What does homebound mean?
Homebound means being on one's way home: being homeward bound.
What is homebound in Tamil?
Homebound in Tamil is வீட்டில் கட்டுப்படிருக்கின்ற. See Homebound meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is homebound?
Homebound can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce homebound?
Homebound is pronounced /ˈhoʊmbaʊnd/ (US).

Words near homebound in the dictionary

  1. homebody
  2. homeboi
  3. homebois
  4. homeboiz
  5. homeborn
  6. homebound
  7. homeboy
  8. homeboys
  9. homebreaker
  10. homebreakers
  11. homebreaking

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: homebound (page history and authors); homebound (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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