homeless

Pluralhomelesses

1. 1
   adjective

   Having no permanent place to live.

   Like a bird whose nest has been destroyed, with nowhere to go back to.

   After the fire, the whole family was homeless for several weeks.

   Many homeless people sleep in shelters when the weather turns cold.

   Similarunhoused, houseless, roofless

   Oppositehoused, settled, sheltered

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2. 2
   adjective

   Having no part inside it that feels like a home.

   Like an empty house where nobody has ever lived.

   The empty, homeless streets felt cold and unwelcoming at night.

   He called the burned-out city a homeless place with no warmth left.

   Similardesolate, barren, inhospitable, forlorn

   Oppositewelcoming, hospitable, cozy

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3. 3
   nounnonstandardoffensivecountable

   An unkind word for a person who has no home.

   A homeless wandered into the diner and asked for spare change.

   The shelter took in another homeless before the storm hit.

   Similarvagrant, tramp, drifter, derelict, bum

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