homeless

Examples

• All

• You know, a month ago, I was feeding the homeless in Long Beach.

  Mafia Mamma (2023)

• Yet, homelessness is a persistent and pervasive phenomenon, and many of our nation's homeless experience a chronic loss of home.

  Academic text (2011)

• The agency for the homeless provides case management services for the family for up to six months.

  Academic text (2011)

• Do you know she feeds the homeless every weekend?

  Courting Mom and Dad (2021)

• He works with the homeless a lot.

  The Big Hit (1998)

• In his experience, the homeless tried not to get involved, preferring to function outside of society.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Grandma Anna was off feeding the homeless in Cleveland with her church group that weekend.

  Fiction book (2000)

• In the nine years that I have lived there, the number of homeless has grown frighteningly.

  Academic text (1994)

• From such research, a portrait of the characteristics and needs of the homeless is beginning to emerge.

  Academic text (1994)

• Well, between us, we raised 800,000 Francs for the relief of the homeless, and this is a token of their gratitude.

  Lisztomania (1975)

Synonyms

H

homeless person

vshomeless

89 2.3

A person who has no home and often lives on the streets

is the broader label for not having any home to live in

V

vagrant

vshomeless

26 7.7

A person who has no home and moves from place to place, often begging

is about lacking a home without implying wandering or begging

S

street person

vshomeless

14 5.6

A person without a home who sleeps outdoors or in public places

is the general term for lacking any home rather than sleeping location

V

vagabond

vshomeless

12 7.6

A person who moves from place to place without a home or job

is the basic description of not having a home, not wandering

D

derelict

vshomeless

8 8.4

A person who has no home or job and is ignored by other people

focuses only on not having a home without the neglect emphasis

D

dispossessed

vshomeless

6 8.1

People who lose their home, land, or property because others force them out

describes lacking a home in general without implying dispossession causes

D

down-and-out

vshomeless

1 7.7

A person with no money, job, or home

only denotes lacking a home without stressing extreme poverty

H

houseless

vshomeless

1 4.4

People who do not have a home to live in

is the more common, everyday term for lacking a home

R

rough sleeper

vshomeless

• UK

1 7.1

A person who sleeps outside because they have no home

covers lacking any home, not only sleeping outside

U

unhoused

vshomeless

6.7

People who do not have a permanent home

is the simple everyday word for not having a home

Antonyms

R

resident

∞ 1.8

A person who lives in a place for a long time

Compounds

H

homeless person

89 2.3

A person who has no home and often lives on the streets

H

homeless dumping

• US

1 8.2

Waste left by people with no home in public places like streets or parks

How Housed

sheltered

43 3.2

unhoused

1 5.1

homeless

145 1.6

unsheltered

1 5.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology