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home has 19 distinct synonyms spread across 7 of its 17 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is away.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
where you live at a particular time
“deliver the package to my home”
housing that someone is living in
“he built a modest dwelling near the pond”
the country or state or city where you live
“Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
“he ruled that the runner failed to touch home”
place where something began and flourished
“the United States is the home of basketball”
an environment offering affection and security
“home is where the heart is”
a social unit living together
“he moved his family to Virginia”
an institution where people are cared for
“a home for the elderly”
return home accurately from a long distance
“homing pigeons”
4 of the 17 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for home.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for home come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.