homecoming

Noun

Meaning

a coming to or returning home

an annual school or university reunion for graduates

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

return cotillion shiva home back approach advent ballroom fest ball appearance formal dance coming entry
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Antonyms

death difference going debt departure withdrawal
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Hypernyms

arrival reunion reunification

Hyponyms

repatriation

Phrases with the word

homecoming back homecoming game homecoming dress

Examples

Poetry is a sort of homecoming. Paul Celan

It is good to be back in the People's House. But this cannot be a real homecoming. Under the Constitution, I now belong to the executive branch. The Supreme Court has even ruled that I am the executive branch - head, heart, and hand. Gerald Ford

What a pleasure, and a privilege, to be here in Missouri. It is almost a homecoming for me. Nearly half a century ago I was a student about 400 miles north of here, in Minnesota. Kofi Annan

When a Jew visits Jerusalem for the first time, it is not the first time; it is a homecoming. Elie Wiesel

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of. Christa McAuliffe

I was prom king. Which is actually saying I was the sixth most popular, because the five who were on homecoming were automatically disqualified from prom, so of course I have to look at it that way. Andy Richter

Close letter words and terms

homecarer homecation homecomer homecoming back homecoming dress homecoming game