Synonyms and antonyms of The homeless and homelessness in British Thesaurus

bag lady (noun)

informal a woman who has no home and walks around the streets carrying everything that she owns in bags

bagman (noun)

Australianinformal a man who has no home and travels around carrying the things he owns in a bag

the Big Issue ()

a magazine sold by homeless people (=people who have nowhere to live), who are allowed to keep part of the money they receive

bum (noun)

informalmainly American someone without a job or place to live who asks people for money in the street

derelict (noun)

formal someone who has no home or job and lives on the streets. A more usual word is a homeless person.

dosser (noun)

Britishinformal an insulting word for someone who lives on the streets because they have no home

down-and-out (noun)

someone who has nowhere to live and no job or money

flotsam (noun)

an insulting word for people who have no homes or jobs

gypsy (noun)

someone who does not like to live in one place for a long time but prefers to move around

hobo (noun)

Americanold-fashioned someone who travels from place to place because they do not have a home or a job

homeless (adjective)

without a place to live

the homeless (adjective)

people who are homeless

of no fixed abode (literary)

literary without a permanent home

on/in the street ()

with no place to live

on the road ()

going from one place to another because you do not have a permanent home

rough sleeper (noun)

someone who sleeps or lives outside because they have no home

sleep/live rough ()

if you sleep or live rough, you sleep or live outside

stateless (adjective)

a stateless person is one who is not officially recognized as a citizen of any country

street people (noun)

people who have no home and who sleep on the streets

swagman (noun)

Australianinformal a man who has no home and travels around carrying the things that he owns in a bag

tramp (noun)

someone without a home or a job who moves from one place to another and asks people for food, work, or money

transient (noun)

someone who does not have a permanent home or job and moves from one place to another

traveller (noun)

British someone who does not have a permanent home and who travels from one place to another

vagabond (noun)

old-fashioned someone with no home or job who travels from place to place

vagrant (noun)

formal someone with no home or job who asks people for money

waif (noun)

a child who has no home

waifs and strays ()

children or animals that do not have homes