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Definition: Homesickness |
HomesicknessNoun1. A longing to return home. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "homesickness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regret | Noun: regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du pays, maladie; lamentation;.; penitence. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Books | |
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| "Homesickness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Homesickness" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 56 | 45,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "homesickness": qualm of homesickness. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
homesickness | 32 |
camp homesickness | 4 |
college homesickness | 2 |
cure homesickness | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "homesickness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mall për atdhe. (various references) | |
Arabic | الحنين للإسرة والوطن, الشواق. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | носталгия (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Chinese | 乡思. (various references) | |
Czech | stesk po domovì, nostalgie (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Dutch | heimwee (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Esperanto | hejmveo. (various references) | |
French | nostalgie, mal du pays. (various references) | |
German | heimweh (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Greek | νοσταλγία (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Hebrew | געגועים על הבית. (various references) | |
Hungarian | honvágy (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Italian | nostalgia (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 郷愁 (nostalgia), 里心 (nostalgia), 望郷 (nostalgia), 望郷 (nostalgia), 懐郷病 , 懐郷 (longing for home, nostalgia), 帰心 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きしん (contribution, donation, fierce god, men of rank, noble, notables, sending a letter), きょうしゅう (assault, charming and coy, instruction, nostalgia, training, violent attack), ぼうきょう (anticommunist, nostalgia), さとごころ (nostalgia), かいきょうびょう, かいきょう (channel, Islam, longing for home, nostalgia). (various references) | |
Korean | 향수병 (homesick). (various references) | |
Manx | foddeeaght (distance, hankering, longing, nostalgia). (various references) | |
Norwegian | hjemlengsel. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omesicknesshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | saudades da ptria, nostalgia (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Romanian | nostalgie (nostalgia), dor de casã. (various references) | |
Russian | тоска по родине (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nostalgija (nostalgia), čežnja za kuvom. (various references) | |
Spanish | nostalgia (nostalgia), morriña (murrain, nostalgia), anoranza, añoranza (yearning). (various references) | |
Swedish | hemlängtan. (various references) | |
Turkish | yurt özlemi (mal du pays), vatan hasreti (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ностальгія (nostalgia). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nỗi nhớ nhà (nostalgia), lòng nhớ quê hương. (various references) | |
Welsh | hiraeth (grief, nostalgia, yearning). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "homesickness": homesicknesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "homesickness" (pronounced hō"msi'knus) |
| 4 | -k n u s | blackness, bleakness, darkness, frankness, likeness, quickness, sickness, slackness, starkness, thickness, uniqueness, weakness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blandness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-i-k-m-n-o-s-s-s" | |
-2 letters: hokinesses, hominesses. | |
-3 letters: kenosises, secession, smokiness. | |
-4 letters: cessions, chemises, chessmen, cosiness, echoisms, enosises, hokiness, homesick, hominess, inmeshes, kimchees, mensches, missense, monishes, noesises, semioses, senecios, sickness. | |
-5 letters: cession, chemise, chesses, cosines, echoism, eikones, enskies, eonisms, eosines, essoins, homines, honkies, incomes, kenches, kenosis, kimchee, kineses, knishes, meioses, mesonic, monkish, nemesis, oscines, osseins, schemes, schisms, schmoes, seiches. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-i-k-m-n-o-s-s-s" | |
+2 letters: homesicknesses. | |
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