second home

American  

noun

1. an additional residence, as at the shore or in the country, where one goes on weekends, vacations, and the like.

2. another residence, as of a close relative or friend, where one spends a great deal of time or feels welcome and at home.

   Aunt Sue's house was my second home.

3. any place where one spends a great deal of time.

   My office is my second home.

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Example Sentences

With a $127,000 federal tax lien on his New Orleans-area home in 2007 and a bank foreclosing on a second home in Florida, Alvendia joined Star Academy as a national salesman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“I don’t think there’s anything unique about being a second home to wealthy people,” said Bridges, a senior who plays soccer under the Millionaire name and said her team faces snide remarks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

From there, we leapfrogged to Venice, then Marina del Rey and finally to Mar Vista, where we bought our second home and planted ourselves like people who understood picket fences.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In addition to Article 4, Gwynedd is one of a number of Welsh councils which charges a 150% council tax premium on second home properties, having upped this from 100% in 2023.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Soon it was like a little second home, lit up and beautiful in the deepening twilight.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack