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Meaning of "homebody" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMEBODY

homebody  [ˈhəʊmˌbɒdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMEBODY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homebody is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMEBODY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Homebody (novel)

Homebody is the third horror novel by Orson Scott Card. It takes place in modern-day America.

Definition of homebody in the English dictionary

The definition of homebody in the dictionary is a person whose life and interests are centred on the home.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMEBODY


afterbody
ˈɑːftəˌbɒdɪ
alloantibody
ˈæləʊˌæntɪˌbɒdɪ
antibody
ˈæntɪˌbɒdɪ
anybody
ˈɛnɪˌbɒdɪ
autoantibody
ˌɔːtəʊˈæntɪˌbɒdɪ
blackbody
ˈblækˌbɒdɪ
body
ˈbɒdɪ
busybody
ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdɪ
coembody
ˌkəʊɪmˈbɒdɪ
disembody
ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪ
dogsbody
ˈdɒɡzˌbɒdɪ
embody
ɪmˈbɒdɪ
everybody
ˈɛvrɪˌbɒdɪ
forebody
ˈfɔːˌbɒdɪ
isoantibody
ˌaɪsəʊˈæntɪˌbɒdɪ
Peabody
ˈpiːˌbɒdɪ
rebody
riːˈbɒdɪ
reembody
ˌriːɪmˈbɒdɪ
underbody
ˈʌndəˌbɒdɪ
unibody
ˈjuːnɪˌbɒdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMEBODY

home-built
home-buying
home-grown
home-lover
home-loving
home-made
home-school
home-schooler
homebirth
homebodies
homebound
homeboy
homebred
homebuyer
homecomer
homecoming
homecraft
homefelt
homegirl
homeland

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMEBODY

all-metal body
black body
celestial body
ciliary body
fat body
foreign body
governing body
grey body
heavenly body
inclusion body
lifting body
monoclonal antibody
nobody
parent body
review body
ruling body
somebody
statutory body
upper body
wide-body

Synonyms and antonyms of homebody in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homebody» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMEBODY

Find out the translation of homebody to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of homebody from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homebody» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

安土重迁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hogareña
570 millions of speakers

English

homebody
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homebody
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جسم مماثل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

домосед
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caseira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

homebody
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

casanier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homebody
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stubenhocker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

出不精の人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가정적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homebody
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

homebody
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

homebody
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होमबॉडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ev kuşu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casalingo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homebody
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

домосід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

homebody
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

homebody
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homebody
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homebody
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homebody
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homebody

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMEBODY»

The term «homebody» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.360 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMEBODY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «homebody» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «homebody» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homebody

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10 QUOTES WITH «HOMEBODY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word homebody.
1
Amy Brenneman
I'm just really a lazy homebody.
2
Osric Chau
I'm a homebody for sure. I do a lot of work at home.
3
Elisha Cuthbert
I'm a regular Canadian girl. I enjoy staying home. In the summer I've got a garden. I'm very much a homebody, a normal, family-oriented girl. But I do have this other incredible side of my life that involves acting and traveling.
4
Sarah Hyland
I'm more of a homebody type. I don't want to look like I want to be in the public eye. I didn't become an actress to be famous.
5
Kelis
I love lifestyle stuff, I love housewares. I'm really a homebody, honestly. Anything to do with my kitchen, or my house, I'm all about it. I'm working on a sauce line, so that's kind of exciting. I'm a saucier.
6
Justin Kirk
I have turned into a bit of a homebody as I've gotten older. I don't really like to leave the couch in Los Angeles, but when a job comes around that you feel you have to do, you get up and do it.
7
Sung Hi Lee
I'm just a big homebody and love word games like Scrabble and Boggle.
8
Ray Liotta
What I really am is a homebody. I was a homebody even before I had a family. My days are filled with home stuff.
9
Kelly Macdonald
A few years ago, if you had told me I'd be moving back to Glasgow I'd have said, 'No way'. But it's changed. It's much more vibrant, bohemian. But I'm 35 and I've become a bit of a homebody, I don't really go out much. Same in New York. My home could be anywhere but I love Glasgow.
10
Okky Madasari
For a homebody like me, the evolution of gadgets has been a blessing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMEBODY»

Discover the use of homebody in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homebody and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Homebody: A Novel
Damaged Houses A master craftsman, Don Lark could fix everything except what mattered, his own soul.
Orson Scott Card, 2013
2
Homebody
Abandoned when her family moves away, a thin gray cat persists in remaining near the house which she considers home, and she is eventually rewarded for her faithfulness.
Joyce McDonald, Karl Swanson, 1991
3
Homebody
After setting up residence in an apartment where a young woman was once brutally murdered, interior designer Toni Credella finds herself caught in the mystery of the woman's life and death. Original.
Louise Titchener, 1993
4
Homebody/Kabul: Revised Version
'Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul is the most remarkable play in a decade...without a doubt the most important of our time.
Tony Kushner, 2010
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Understanding Tony Kushner
transformed. Mahala ends up in London living in the Homebody's home and with the Homebody's husband, enjoying firsthand the luxuries of the West, yet she appears not to be succumbing to them. Immersion in another world and another life ...
James Fisher, 2008
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Puck
Homebody: "So you think I get off easily when I tell you it costs me two thousand dollars a year for taxes?" Rounder: "Oh, taxes! I thought you said taxis." A Matter of Taste A remarkable and enlightening discovery has been made by Robert W.
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The Advocate
Homebody/Kabul. 'reasserts. Tony. Kushner's. brilliance. even. as. history. bypasses. his. view. of. Afghanistan. By. Don. Shewey. ringing /r/sto the screen involved deciding how to por'ay writer. a woman. Because she didn't have a recognition ...
8
The Theater of Tony Kushner: Living Past Hope
Can we only be defeated and silenced by the unstoppable sweep of history? Can we honestly face our own culpability or, as the play's Homebody wonders, are we "succumbing to luxury" (Homebody/Kabul 1 ). The play insists that there are ...
James Fisher, 2002
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Text & Presentation, 2007
Both the 2002 and 2004 versions of Homebody/Kabul literally transplant a Western, English woman's body to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and make this body disappear within the foreign landscape. Although the disappearance at first appears ...
Stratos E. Constantinidis, 2008
10
Race, Rights, and Recognition: Jewish American Literature ...
Seen this way, the Homebody's garden is a site of melancholy, a space for Romantic contemplation that persists despite the exhaustion of Romanticism in the Homebody's milieu. Mahala has taken over the garden, though it is not clear ...
Dean J. Franco, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMEBODY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homebody is used in the context of the following news items.
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Left Out, But Not Gone - Cure Today
I was always a homebody, and I am even more so now. Since that summer I have had five additional surgeries, four of which were craniotomies ... «Curetoday.com, Jul 15»
2
Jack Antonoff On His Relationship With Lena Dunham - Grazia
... York City – where he took high-school sweetheart Scarlett Johansson to prom – he's very much a suburban homebody. 'Ex-girlfriends lived at ... «Grazia, Jul 15»
3
The Graduates: Speedy Ortiz's much-deserved rise - LEO Weekly
Dupuis admits though, “I'm a homebody and my favorite way to listen to music is on a record player. So when I go to a show, I just want to hear ... «Louisville Eccentric Observer, Jul 15»
4
10 Things Parents of Multiples Just Can't Do (but Parents of Singles …
Alesandra Dubin is a Los Angeles-based writer and the founder of the lifestyle blog Homebody in Motion. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Google+ and ... «Parenting Magazine, Jul 15»
5
12 Questions with Chris Buescher - USA Today
A: I'm a little bit of a homebody, and I've never left the country. I'd probably go somewhere tropical, maybe the Caribbean or something like that ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
6
Ask Amy: Wife vents about day; husband steams
Should Sibling just grin and bear it and learn to be a total homebody? I respect your advice and would really like your common-sense approach ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
Accused Lower Pottsgrove arsonist loses bid to reduce bail (video)
She is more of a homebody,” Jamie Beauseigneur, Krupp's daughter, testified for defense lawyer John J. Fioravanti Jr., implying Krupp was not ... «The Mercury, Jul 15»
8
Dover's newest gallery hosting painters, sculptor/jeweler - News …
Lethem, perhaps best known as an abstract painter, populates his figurative paintings with people engaged in “homebody” moments, though ... «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
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8 Struggles Of People Who Either Stay Out Way Too Late Or Never …
There's no telling where your desires may lead, and this is a conundrum, as your being is made up of 50% homebody 40% vodka shots and 10% indecision. «Bustle, Jul 15»
10
5 things to know and don't flush that down a plane's toilet, please …
... of developing close relations with other nations and foreign cities. Word is that if elected mayor, Jim Kenney will be more of a homebody. «Philadelphia Business Journal, Jul 15»

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