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[ hous-lis ] / ˈhaʊs lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR houseless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewithout a house or houses. homeless. Origin of houselessFirst recorded in 1350–1400, houseless is from the Middle English word housles.See house, -less OTHER WORDS FROM houselesshouse·less·ness, nounWords nearby houselesshousekeeping, housel, Houselander, house league, houseleek, houseless, houselights, houseline, housemaid, housemaid's knee, houseman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for houselessThe winter was coming on, and they would be houseless—what would become of them! The Settlers in Canada|Frederick Marryat Would you send your daughter out into the world a houseless wanderer? The Wizard of West Penwith|William Bentinck Forfar Let us break our bread to the hungry, and bring the houseless poor to our house. The Confessions of Saint Augustine|Saint Augustine Suddenly the whole village was destroyed by fire, and the people lost all their property, and were houseless. Tales of the Sun|Mrs. Howard Kingscote
Words related to houselessdisplaced, destitute, dispossessed, down-and-out, itinerant, refugee, vagrant, outcast, vagabond, derelict, wandering, abandoned, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, unsettled, unwelcome, banished, deported |