adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhəʊ̯m.sɪk/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈhəʊ̯m.sɪk]
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General-American:/ˈhoʊ̯m.sɪk/
General-American:[ˈhoʊ̯m.sɪk]
CMU ARPABET:HH OW1 M S IH2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often
Examples
feel homesick
become homesick
deeply homesick
She felt terribly homesick during her first month abroad.
The camp counselors tried to comfort the homesick children.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
longing to return home
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Back-formation from homesickness, equivalent to home + sick.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
носталгичен
(nostalgičen)
— missing one's home or family
Catalan:
enyorat
— missing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin:
思鄉 /思乡
(sīxiāng)
— missing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin:
想家
(xiǎngjiā)
— missing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin:
鄉愁 /乡愁
(xiāngchóu)
— missing one's home or family
Chinese Mandarin:
懷鄉 /怀乡
(huáixiāng)
— missing one's home or family
Czech:
tesknící po domově
— missing one's home or family
Dutch:
heemziek
— missing one's home or family
Dutch:
heimwee
— missing one's home or family
Finnish:
koti-ikävä
— missing one's home or family
German:
heimwehkrank
— missing one's home or family
Greek:
νοσταλγός
(nostalgós)
— missing one's home or family
Icelandic:
vera með heimþrá
— missing one's home or family
Icelandic:
vera haldinn heimþrá
— missing one's home or family
Ilocano:
iliw
— missing one's home or family
Indonesian:
rindu rumah
— missing one's home or family
Italian:
nostalgico
— missing one's home or family
Japanese:
ホームシック
(hōmushikku)
— missing one's home or family
Central Kurdish:
بیری ماڵەوە
(bîrî mallewe)
— missing one's home or family
Māori:
manatu
— missing one's home or family
Mongolian:
нутгаа санах
(nutgaa sanax)
— missing one's home or family
Mongolian:
үгүйлэх
(ügüjlex)
— missing one's home or family
Mongolian:
гэрээ санах
(geree sanax)
— missing one's home or family
Polish:
nostalgiczny
— missing one's home or family
Russian:
тоску́ющий по дому
(po)
— missing one's home or family
Tagalog:
sabik sa pag-uwi
— missing one's home or family
Tagalog:
nahihidlaw
— missing one's home or family
Tongan:
taʻelata
— missing one's home or family
Turkish:
yurduna özlemli
— missing one's home or family
