home in

1. 1.

   direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids

   Synonymsrange inzero in

   Broadertarget

Questions about home in

What does home in mean?

home in means "direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids".

What is another word for home in?

Close synonyms include range in, zero in. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is home in a common word?

home in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.