houseless

Meaning

1. Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.
2. Lacking a permanent place of residence but not a ‘home’ in the broader sense, for example in the form of a community.
3. Containing no house or place of refuge; wild or inhospitable.

Synonyms

homeless

vagrant

unhoused

unsheltered

moving about

soilless

dispossessed

hupaithric

shelterless

Translations

sans domicile fixe

sans abri

sin techo

sin hogar

obdachlos

dakloos

άστεγος

wohnungslos

enteignete

clodo

SDF

sans foyer

clodoche

sans-abri

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhaʊsləs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: housles

Inherited from Old English: *hūslēas

Cognate with Western Frisian: húsleas

Cognate with Dutch: huisloos

Cognate with German: hauslos

Cognate with Danish: husløs

Cognate with Swedish: huslös

Cognate with Icelandic: húslaus

In summary

From Middle English housles, from Old English *hūslēas, from Proto-West Germanic *hūslaus, from Proto-Germanic *hūsalausaz, equivalent to house + -less. Cognate with West Frisian húsleas (“houseless”), Dutch huisloos (“houseless”), German hauslos (“houseless”), Danish husløs (“houseless”), Swedish huslös (“houseless”), Icelandic húslaus (“houseless”).