homer · name — an ancient Greek epic poet of the 8th century BCE, who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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homer is pronounced /ˈhəʊmə/.
Etymology
From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).
name
- An ancient Greek epic poet of the 8th century BCE, who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.e.g.“What’s this? “Extremely High Voltage”. Well, I don’t need safety gloves because I’m Homer Simp-*gets zapped to death*”
- A town, the county seat of Banks County, Georgia, United States.
- A town, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Homer Township.
- A surname from Middle English.
noun
- A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels.e.g.“The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.” — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 45:11:
- Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.e.g.“The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.” — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 45:11:
- A home run.e.g.“The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.”
- Synonym of home run (“sexual intercourse”).e.g.“Fast forward to Chase's base. Where Chase hit a homer, first at bat. Becca thrived off being sexy, having sex, watching sex.” — 2019, M. R. Biggs, Not 4 $ale:
- A homing pigeon.e.g.“Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.”
- A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team.e.g.“Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.”
- A homing beacon.e.g.“Two general types of homer systems are in use, active homers and passive homers. Active homers contain a transmitting device which emits energy that is directed towards the target.” — 1961, RCA Service Company, Digest of Military Electronics, page 75:
- homework
verb
- To hit a homer; to hit a home run.e.g.“The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.”
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Words closest in meaning
By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.
- ephah 64% match — A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L). vs homer →
- hin 62% match — A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L). vs homer →
- seah 61% match — A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about 7.7 L or 7 quarts. vs homer →
- amphoreus 61% match — An Ancient Greek unit of liquid measure reckoned as equivalent to about 9 gallons. vs homer →
- lethek 60% match — A former Hebrew measure of dry volume, equal to about 115 L or 3¼ bushels. vs homer →
- hemina 59% match — A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L. vs homer →
- modius 58% match — A Roman dry measure of about a peck or 9 litres. vs homer →
- issaron 58% match — Synonym of omer: a Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts. vs homer →