Library / English Dictionary

HOMELESS PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone unfortunate without housing

Example:

a homeless was found murdered in Central Park

Synonyms:

homeless; homeless person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("homeless person" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homeless person"):

bag lady (a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags)

Holonyms ("homeless person" is a member of...):

homeless (poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in)

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