homeless

home-less · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Without a home; lacking permanent housing.

  2. 2.

    (noun, the homeless) People without homes, considered as a group.

Related words

Antonyms: housed, sheltered
See also: displaced, housing, shelter
Synonyms: displaced, houseless, unsheltered

Etymology

From English home + the suffix -less meaning "without."