Word Study
homeward
CIDE DICTIONARY
homeward, a.
Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.
homeward, adv. [AS. hāmweard.].
Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
homeward, adv. & adj.
--adv. (also homewards) towards home.
--adj. going or leading towards home.
--adv. (also homewards) towards home.
--adj. going or leading towards home.
Idiom
homeward-bound (esp. of a ship) preparing to go, or on the way, home.
Etymology
OE hamweard(es) (as HOME, -WARD)
THESAURUS
homeward
anticlockwise, approaching, arriving, clockwise, coming, counterclockwise, earthward, entering, heavenward, homeward-bound, inbound, incoming, inward-bound, landward, leeward, leftward, rightward, seaward, widdershins, windwardFor further exploring for "homeward" in Webster Dictionary Online