Synonyms: destitute, exiled, displaced, dispossessed More Synonyms of homeless
The homeless are people who are homeless.
...shelters for the homeless.
homelessnessuncountable noun
The only way to solve homelessness is to provide more homes.
homeless in British English
(ˈhəʊmlɪs)
adjective
a.
having nowhere to live
b.
(as collective noun; preceded by the)
the homeless
Derived forms
homelessness (ˈhomelessness)
noun
homeless in American English
(ˈhoʊmlɪs)
adjective
having no home; without a permanent place of residence
Idioms:
the homeless
Derived forms
homelessness (ˈhomelessness)
noun
Examples of 'homeless' in a sentence
homeless
Any homeless person could tell you that.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So why do homeless people do it?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
How much social housing could this build to give homeless people some dignity?
The Sun (2016)
The latter is the social investment arm of the magazine and charity set up to aid homeless people.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We are also working with the government to change the law to stop people becoming homeless in the first place.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Sadly, a homeless man died in the process.
The Sun (2017)
Many of his victims were homeless men whom he attacked in a park in southern Moscow.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I think of the work that goes on in our homeless shelters, hospitals and hospices.
The Sun (2016)
A widow is set to marry a homeless man she took pity on 40 years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Contact Shelter who advise anyone worried about being made homeless ( shelter.
The Sun (2016)
What about all the local people who are homeless?
The Sun (2013)
Serving in homeless shelters was also a large part of engagement.
Christianity Today (2000)
The council refused his application for housing as a homeless person.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For a while they were homeless and lived under a tree.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The singer gave the money to a charity for the homeless.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They reach towns cut off by the floods where hundreds of thousands of people are homeless.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Why not leave churches open at night so homeless people have somewhere to shelter from the cold and rain?
The Sun (2014)
Was there one homeless person there?
The Sun (2013)
Give to a homeless charity instead.
The Sun (2015)
He works night-time at a shelter for homeless people and writes in the daytime.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Unless it happens to be a homeless person 's face.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The homeless charity Shelter expressed concern at the plans.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
For many, the shame means they would rather live homeless in a foreign country than return home.
The Sun (2013)
I ended up having to find space in a homeless shelter.
The Sun (2013)
Not because of who he was but because it looked like four homeless people had walked in - not a movie star.
The Sun (2012)
A homeless man refuses to walk or use the lavatory, and swears incessantly at the staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She's been spotted at a homeless shelter and dragged kicking and screaming back to Walford.
The Sun (2015)
In other languages
homeless
British English: homeless /ˈhəʊmlɪs/ ADJECTIVE
Homeless people have nowhere to live.
...the growing number of homeless families.
American English: homeless
Arabic: شَرِيد
Brazilian Portuguese: desabrigado
Chinese: 无家可归的
Croatian: bez doma
Czech: bez domova
Danish: hjemløs
Dutch: dakloos
European Spanish: sin hogar
Finnish: koditon
French: SDF
German: obdachlos
Greek: άστεγος
Italian: senza casa
Japanese: 住む家のない
Korean: 집이 없는
Norwegian: hjemløs
Polish: bezdomny
European Portuguese: sem-abrigo
Romanian: fără adăpost
Russian: бездомный
Latin American Spanish: sin hogar
Swedish: hemlös
Thai: ไม่มีบ้าน
Turkish: evsiz
Ukrainian: безпритульний
Vietnamese: vô gia cư
All related terms of 'homeless'
the homeless
those typically poor or sometimes mentally ill people who are unable to maintain a place to live and therefore often may sleep in the streets, parks , etc.
homeless person
A person is a man, woman, or child.
homeless charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor, or who have a disability .
homeless shelter
a hostel for homeless people
intentionally homeless
without anywhere to leave because one has left accommodation voluntarily
Chinese translation of 'homeless'
homeless
(ˈhəumlɪs)
adj
[family, refugee]无(無)家可归(歸)的 (wú jiā kě guī de)
n pl
the homeless无(無)家可归(歸)的人 (wú jiā kě guī de rén)
to be made homeless被弄成无(無)家可归(歸) (bèi nòngchéng wú jiā kě guī)