homebody
A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhereA person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
» Tom started a family and became a homebody.
Том обзавёлся семьей и стал домоседом. — odexed
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(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.
Stubenhocker, Stubenhockerin
домосе́дdomoséd, домосе́дкаdomosédka
домосі́дdomosíd, домосі́дкаdomosídka, домува́льникdomuválʹnyk
- a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel
Examples
4 sentencesTranslations
8 languagesOrigin
From home + body.From home + body.
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Forms
plural: homebodiesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel:stay-at-home
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.