homestead Synonyms
Another word for homestead
• noun (Context 1)
A house, especially a farmhouse, together with its adjoining outbuildings and the surrounding land.
"The family worked tirelessly through the autumn to repair the barn and prepare their isolated farmstead for the harsh winter."
• noun (Context 2)
A tract of public land granted by the United States government to a settler who resides on and cultivates it, or a primary residence legally protected from forced sale by creditors.
"By filing a formal declaration with the county clerk, the homeowners protected their primary freehold from potential creditors."
• verb (Context 3)
To acquire, settle on, or cultivate a tract of land as a homestead, or to live a self-sufficient rural lifestyle.
"After leaving their corporate careers, the couple moved to rural Vermont to settle on ten acres of wooded land."