Dictionary

homebody en · NOUN

Etymology

From home + body.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
   • Although my uncle likes to travel, my aunt is a homebody, so he usually comes with us while she stays home with her cats.
   • After Phillis left Mrs. Weston's room, she was on her way to her cabin, when she noticed Aunt Peggy sitting alone at the door. She was rather a homebody; yet she reproached herself with having neglected poor old Peggy, when she saw her looking so desolate and dejected. 1852, w:Mary Henderson Eastman, “chapter XIV”, in Aunt Phillis's Cabin:
   • Daddy did improve over the next few weeks, but it became apparent that he would be unable to live alone. I believe this must have been one of the most difficult times in his life. Not only had he lost his wife, he had lost his health and his home. He had always been a home body, insisting on being home by sundown. There were chores to do, his animals to tend. He was busy and happy. 2000, Roberta Zybach Yarbrough, A Trek in the Desert. Finding a Path Through Grief, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 63:

Forms

Relateds

homebird

Synonyms

sit-by-the-fire · stay-at-home

Translations (43)

pl domator (person who likes to stay home) · cmn 宅男 (person who likes to stay home) · ko 집순이 (person who likes to stay home) · es comodón (person who likes to stay home) · bg домоша́рка (person who likes to stay home) · uk домосі́дка (person who likes to stay home) · fr casanier (person who likes to stay home) · uk домува́льник (person who likes to stay home) · el σπιτόγατος (person who likes to stay home) · it pantofolaio (person who likes to stay home) · be дамасе́д (person who likes to stay home) · de Stubenhocker (person who likes to stay home) · mk домашарка (person who likes to stay home) · be дамара́д (person who likes to stay home) · ko 집돌이 (person who likes to stay home) · cs pecivál (person who likes to stay home) · sk domasedka (person who likes to stay home) · sk domased (person who likes to stay home) · mi kōkōmuka noho tara-ā-whare (person who likes to stay home) · bg домоша́р (person who likes to stay home) · ru домосе́д (person who likes to stay home) · cmn 家裏蹲 /家里蹲 (person who likes to stay home) · is heimakær (person who likes to stay home) · ru домосе́дка (person who likes to stay home) · hu otthonülő (ember/típus) (person who likes to stay home) · uk домосі́д (person who likes to stay home) · cmn 宅女 (person who likes to stay home) · fi kotikissa (person who likes to stay home) · is innipúki (person who likes to stay home) · be дамасе́дка (person who likes to stay home) · fr pantouflard (person who likes to stay home) · uk домува́льниця (person who likes to stay home) · es casero (person who likes to stay home) · de Stubenhockerin (person who likes to stay home) · cs peciválka (person who likes to stay home) · mk домашар (person who likes to stay home) · pl domatorka (person who likes to stay home) · es hogareño (person who likes to stay home) · mi kōkōmuka tū tara-ā-whare (person who likes to stay home) · nl huismus (person who likes to stay home) · ja インドア派 (person who likes to stay home) · be дамара́дка (person who likes to stay home) · pt caseiro (person who likes to stay home)