home run

1. 1.

   a base hit on which the batter scores a run

   Synonymshomer

   Broaderbase hit

   Narrowersolo homer
2. 2.

   something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

   “the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer”

   “scored a bull's eye”

   “hit the mark”

   “the president's speech was a home run”

   Synonymsbell ringerbull's eyemark

   Broadersuccess

   trope

Questions about home run

What does home run mean?

home run means "a base hit on which the batter scores a run". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for home run?

Close synonyms include homer, bell ringer, bull's eye, mark. 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 run a common word?

home run is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.