Is there an antonym for local? And, is there such a word like “homecomer”? What I am trying to express is:
“This old railway station is still there greeting nonlocal visitors as well as local homecomers.”
What I meant by homecomers are people who return to their hometown from other places (maybe places where they work). Is this a correct sentence? If not, what words should I use?
Hi all potted out (What a name! ;))
You wrote:
“This old railway station is still there greeting nonlocal visitors as well as local homecomers.”
First of all, I’d like to mention that visitors to a town are usually not “local”, are they? So, “non-local visitors” seems like too much.
I would not use the word “homecomer”. (Sounds like a made-up word or an overly direct translation to me. )
Here are a couple of my ideas:
“This old railway station is still there, greeting visitors and residents alike.”
– OR –
“This old railway station is still there greeting arriving visitors as well as returning residents.”
Amy