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Meaning of HOMELESS

Pronunciation:  'howmlis

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  people who are homeless; "the homeless lived on the city streets"
  2. [n]  someone with no housing; "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"
  3. [adj]  physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern
  4. [adj]  without nationality or citizenship; "stateless persons"
 
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 Synonyms: dispossessed, homeless person, roofless, stateless, unfortunate, unsettled
 
 See Also: bag lady, people, unfortunate, unfortunate person

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Home"less\, a. [AS. h[=a]mleas.]
Destitute of a home. -- {Home"less*ness}, n.
 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Dreaming that you are homeless indicates that you are feeling insecure. You are unsure of yourself and where you are headed.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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unescorted, unestablished, unfriended, unharbored, unhoused, unplaced, unseconded, unsettled, unsupported, vagabond, withdrawn, without a sou
 

 

 

 

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