Standard Lemma guide

homeworld

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 M W ER2 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The world on which someone or something originated; a home planet or moon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: motherworld

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compound of home + world.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: thuiswereld — Translations
  • Esperanto: hejmmondo — Translations
  • Esperanto: hejmomondo — Translations
  • Esperanto: hejma mondo — Translations
  • German: Heimatwelt — Translations
  • Spanish: planeta natal — Translations
  • Spanish: mundo natal — Translations