| Main Entry: | homesick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nostalgic |
Synonyms: |
hankering, heartsick, lonely, longing for home, missing, wistful, yearning |
| Main Entry: | lonesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forlorn, friendless |
Synonyms: |
alone, cheerless, companionless, deserted, desolate, dreary, gloomy, homesick, isolated, lone, lonely, solitary |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
Antonyms: |
befriended, loved, unlonesome |
| Main Entry: | nostalgic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | longingly remembering |
Synonyms: |
cornball, down memory lane, drippy, homesick, like yesterday, lonesome, longing, mushy, regretful, sappy*, sentimental, sloppy, syrupy, wistful, yearning |