homebound

Questions about homebound

What does homebound mean?

homebound means "people who are confined to their homes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in homebound?

homebound has 2 syllables: home-bound. The stress falls on "home". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊmˌbaʊnd/.

What is another word for homebound?

Close synonyms include housebound, shut-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 homebound a common word?

homebound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with homebound?

13 words rhyme with homebound. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.