homebody

English

Etymology

home +‎ body

Noun

homebody (plural homebodies)

1. (Canada, US, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.

   Synonyms: couch potato, sit-by-the-fire, stay at home

   Although my uncle likes to travel, my aunt is a homebody, so he usually comes with us while she stays home with her cats.

   • 1852, Mary Henderson Eastman, “chapter XIV”, in Aunt Phillis's Cabin:

     After Phillis left Mrs. Weston's room, she was on her way to her cabin, when she noticed Aunt Peggy sitting alone at the door. She was rather a homebody; yet she reproached herself with having neglected poor old Peggy, when she saw her looking so desolate and dejected.

Related terms

• homebird

Translations

person who likes to stay home

• Belarusian: дамасе́д m (damasjéd), дамасе́дка f (damasjédka), дамара́д m (damarád), дамара́дка f (damarádka)
• Bulgarian: домоша́р m (domošár), домоша́рка f (domošárka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宅男 (zh) (zháinán) (male), 宅女 (zh) (zháinǚ) (female)

• Czech: pecivál (cs) m, peciválka f
• Dutch: huismus (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kotikissa (fi)
• French: casanier (fr) m, pantouflard (fr) m
• German: Stubenhocker (de) m, Stubenhockerin (de) f
• Greek: σπιτόγατος (el) m (spitógatos)
• Hungarian: otthonülő (hu) (ember/típus)
• Icelandic: heimakær, innipúki
• Italian: pantofolaio (it) m
• Japanese: インドア派 (indoaha)
• Korean: 집돌이 (jipdori) (male), 집순이 (jipsuni) (female)
• Macedonian: домашар m (domašar), домашарка f (domašarka)
• Maori: kōkōmuka noho tara-ā-whare, kōkōmuka tū tara-ā-whare
• Polish: domator (pl) m, domatorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: caseiro (pt) m
• Russian: домосе́д (ru) m (domoséd), домосе́дка (ru) f (domosédka)
• Slovak: domased m, domasedka f
• Spanish: casero (es) m
• Ukrainian: домосі́д m (domosíd), домосі́дка f (domosídka), домува́льник m (domuválʹnyk), домува́льниця f (domuválʹnycja)