HOME RUN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

Example:

the president's speech was a home run

Synonyms:

bell ringer; bull's eye; home run; mark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("home run" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

Domain usage:

figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)

Meaning:

A base hit on which the batter scores a run

Synonyms:

home run; homer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("home run" is a kind of...):

base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "home run"):

solo blast; solo homer (a home run with no runners on base)