'Homeless' definitions:
Definition of 'homeless'
From: WordNet
adjective
Without nationality or citizenship; "stateless persons" [syn: homeless, stateless]
adjective
Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern [syn: dispossessed, homeless, roofless]
noun
Someone unfortunate without housing; "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park" [syn: homeless, homeless person]
noun
Poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in; "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"
Definition of 'Homeless'
From: GCIDE
- Homeless \Home"less\, a. [AS. h[=a]mleas.] Destitute of a home. -- {Home"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'homeless'
From: GCIDE
- homeless \home"less\, n. pl. Those people who have no permanent residence, especially those who live outdoors due to poverty; usually used in the definite phrase the homeless.
Synonyms of 'homeless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- alienated,
- alone,
- aloof,
- apart,
- bankrupt,
- bums,
- companionless,
- defenseless,
- derelict,
- deserted,
- desolate,
- destitute,
- detached,
- down-and-out,
- exiled,
- fatherless,
- forlorn,
- forsaken,
- fortuneless,
- friendless,
- godforsaken,
- helpless,
- houseless,
- in the gutter,
- in the red,
- insolvent,
- insular,
- isolated,
- kithless,
- landless,
- lone,
- lonely,
- lonesome,
- moneyless,
- motherless,
- out of funds,
- outcast,
- penniless,
- propertyless,
- removed,
- rootless,
- separate,
- separated,
- single-handed,
- solitary,
- solo,
- stateless,
- unabetted,
- unaccompanied,
- unaided,
- unassisted,
- unattended,
- unescorted,
- unestablished,
- unfriended,
- unharbored,
- unhoused,
- unplaced,
- unseconded,
- unsettled,
- unsupported,
- vagabond,
- withdrawn,
- without a sou