Synonyms for homeless
ˈhoʊm lɪs

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1. homeless, homeless person(noun)

   someone unfortunate without housing

   "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park"

   Synonyms:
   homeless person

   Antonyms:
   settled, fortunate

2. homeless(adj)

   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, stateless(adj)

   without nationality or citizenship

   "stateless persons"

   Synonyms:
   roofless, stateless, dispossessed

   Antonyms:
   fortunate, settled

4. dispossessed, homeless, roofless(adj)

   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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   homelessness, displaced, sleepers, stray

How to pronounce homeless?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

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How to use homeless in a sentence?

1. Jessie Rossman:

   Today's landmark ruling affirmed that our law does not permit the punishment of the homeless for simply being homeless.

2. Hakki Akdeniz:

   Homeless people are the most innocent people, they are powerless, they have nothing.

3. Isa Noyola:

   We are oftentimes rejected by family. Turned away by the homeless shelter. Can't get jobs. Are not accepted at school or at church, we remain vulnerable and often remain in survival mode. Too many people want to cause harm and think they will get away with it.

4. Ashlee Marie Preston:

   I was discriminated against in my job, I was fired, I became homeless, I had to engage in survival sex work. I became a drug addict because I didn't know how to navigate survival on the streets.

5. Miguel Rodriguez:

   We're all grasping at straws as to what to do with the earthquake families, obviously, it isn't as large of a movement as after Hurricane Maria. ... But these are hundreds of households who are homeless, who are suffering from PTSD, who have been hit by two traumas -- Hurricane Hurricane Maria and now the earthquakes.

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