Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The world on which a person originated; one’s home planet or moon.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

home + world.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word homeworld.

Examples

  • Mon flies off, and delivers the payload to it’s target, as the Dominator’s homeworld is blown to smithereens so small that no trace of it remains …

    Hero History: Mon-El | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Led by Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, the Tanith First and Only are the last survivors of their homeworld, which is how they were dubbed “Ghosts.”

    Archive 2009-12-01 RobB 2009

  • Led by Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, the Tanith First and Only are the last survivors of their homeworld, which is how they were dubbed “Ghosts.”

    Gaunt and Grey - Two New Reviews RobB 2009

  • The homeworld is a sheet of shimmering silver, reflecting the stars.

    Rosetta Stern, Dave 2006

  • “An organization of which your homeworld is a charter member.”

    Starfleet Year One Michael Jan Friedman 2002

  • Marshal Gagolk, the representative of the Imperator, closed in aboard his flagship and circled around the 3rd planet, which had been identified as the homeworld of the humanoids.

    Phantom Fleet Ernsting, Walter 1976

  • There isn't a birth certificate because they don't believe in those things on Zeb (as the Pres calls his homeworld).

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • I'm thinking they don't - Earth being the homeworld is a BIG DEAL in the series; it would upend everything the characters thought they believed about their origins.

    Brad Ideas - Comments 2009

  • Being from Southern California, I used to yearn for that "homeworld" and regularly express discontent the local climate.

    All That the Rains Bring Heather McDougal 2007

  • He is convinced that they decimated his homeworld and countless others, and they need to pay for it.

    Green Lantern Shines in New Animated Series for Cartoon Network 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.