Homeless

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent

ˈhoʊmlɪs

Definitions

A person who is homeless.

nonstandard, offensive, possibly

Equivalents

Españoldesalojado en situación de calle guitónhomeless (hounles)juntapuchos (despective)linyera sin hogar sin techo sintecho vagabundo

Françaisitinérant sans-abri SDF (sans domicile fixe)

Deutschobdachlos Obdachloser wohnungslos

32 more languages

العربيةالمشرّد متشرّد

Azərbaycan dilievsiz

Catalàsensellar sensesostre

Češtinabezdomovec

Danskboligløs hjemløs husvild

Ελληνικάάστεγος

Esperantosenhejma

فارسیبی‌خانمان

Suomiasunnoton koditon

Gaeilgegan dídean

עבריתהוֹמְלֶס חסר בית

हिन्दीनिराश्रित बेघर

Magyarhajléktalan

Հայերենանօթեւան դատարկուն

Íslenskaheimilislaus

Italianosenzatetto

日本語ホームレス家なき火が降る無宿の

ქართულიუსახლკარო

Latinapalabundus

Bahasa Melayugelandangan tuna wisma

Nederlandsdakloos

Polskibezdomny na bruku

Portuguêsdesabrigado only as a noun: morador de rua sem-abrigosem-teto

Românăvagabond

Русскийбездомный беспризорный бомж

Svenskahemlös

తెలుగువసతిలేని

ไทยจรจัด พเนจร ร่อนเร่เร่ร่อน

Türkçeevsiz evsiz barksız vatansız

Українськабездомний безприту́льний

اردوبے گھر

Tiếng Việtvô gia cư

Examples

“Oszlár Kálmán András, Yoga in the Bed: Tantric Continence & Spiritual Intimacy […] the jobseekers and homelesses or even the future prime minister, all of us are involved in formation of the new world.”

“[…] homelesses' due process ⟳ rights and infringed upon the homelesses' fundamental right to travel ⟳ […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

homeless dumping homeless shelter Homelessly Homelessness homelet Homelier

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