Meaning & use
homeless
Without a permanent place to live.
See it in a sentence
The shelter provides warm meals and beds for homeless families in the city.
After the flood destroyed their house, the family was suddenly homeless.
A note on using this word
Many style guides now prefer "people experiencing homelessness" over "the homeless" to emphasize the person, not the condition.
Words with a similar meaning
unhouseddisplaced
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
housed
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