homeless
/ˈhoʊmlɪs/noun, adjective2 syllables
Homeless means: physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
Synonyms for homeless6
noun, as in someone unfortunate without housing
adjective, as in physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
adjective, as in without nationality or citizenship
What does homeless mean?4
adjective
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security“made a living out of shepherding dispossessed people from one country to another”
without nationality or citizenship“stateless persons”
noun
someone unfortunate without housing“a homeless was found murdered in Central Park”
poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in“the homeless became a problem in the large cities”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Homeless in a sentence
- I'm not homeless anymore, but homelessness hasn't stopped existing.shekitten
- I've been manic before, and ended up homeless.rul
- He's at the dock, drinking with homeless guys.Amastan
- We're starving and homeless, but at least we got rid of all the foreigners.mailohilohi
- The homeless people were annoyed by the flies and mosquitoes.ToxicFriu
- Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.CM
- Jackie's efforts to help homeless people backfired on her.CP
- This neighborhood has more homeless people than you can shake a stick at.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of homeless
as a noun
- plural
- homelesses