Synonyms for homeless
ˈhoʊm lɪshome·less

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1. homeless, homeless personnoun

   someone unfortunate without housing

   "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park"

   Synonyms:
   homeless person

   Antonyms:
   settled, fortunate

2. homelessadjective

   poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in

   "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"

   Synonyms:
   homeless person

   Antonyms:
   settled, fortunate

3. homeless, statelessadjective

   without nationality or citizenship

   "stateless persons"

   Synonyms:
   roofless, stateless, dispossessed

   Antonyms:
   fortunate, settled

4. dispossessed, homeless, rooflessadjective

   physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security

   "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern

   Synonyms:
   stateless, roofless, dispossessed

   Antonyms:
   settled, fortunate

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1. List of paraphrases for "homeless":

   homelessness, displaced, sleepers, stray

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How to use homeless in a sentence?

1. Ron DeSantis:

   I'm sorry, those migrants were being treated horribly by Biden, they were hungry, homeless, they had no opportunity at all. The state of Florida […] offered transport to sanctuary jurisdictions because it's our view that — one, the border should be secured, and we want to have Biden reinstitute policies like ‘Remain in Mexico’ and making sure that people aren't overwhelming.

2. David Saperstein:

   During my visit in August, I found that despite widespread continuing government abuses and restrictions, many place of worship were nonetheless full and flourishing, in areas of the country where the government's hand was lighter, faith-based social service and welfare agencies operate homeless shelters, orphanages, soup kitchens, and made highly positive contributions to the well-being of their society.

3. Scott C. Holstad:

   We are the people in cheap hotels and tenement housing walking down side alleys talking to ourselves. We are the people the pushers the whores the crackheads the gunrunners the bangers the pimps the homeless the outlaws the crippled the freaks the damned. Drink to us my friends for we are the forgotten.

4. Joseph McCroy:

   Once you get back, the first thing you try to do is find a good job. But if you ca n’t find a job, everything else starts to fall apart. My house was foreclosed on, truck repossessed, I got divorced … I was homeless.

5. Anthony Allman:

   I was distressed by it, to say the least, vA was proposing to spend $ 4 million on a garden with that many homeless veterans literally on the street ?