homeward

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   toward home

   I fought my way homeward through the deep snow.

2. 2
   adj

   oriented toward home

   North is homeward for me.

3. 3
   adv

   Towards home.

   I am homeward bound.

4. 4
   adj

   oriented towards home

   I caught a homeward bus.

Etymology

From Middle English homward, from Old English hāmweard, from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to home + -ward. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homeward”).