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| Main Entry: | hobo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless person |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, derelict, drifter, migrant worker, street person, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wino |
| Notes: | a hobo is a migratory worker who likes to travel, a tramp travels without working, and a bum does not travel or work |
| Main Entry: | bum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | black sheep*, derelict, drifter, hobo, stiff*, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, bindle, floater, gutterpup, guttersnipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | derelict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destitute or down-and-out person |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, castaway, dawdler, drifter, floater, grifter, hobo, ne'er-do-well, outcast, renegade, skidrow bum, stiff, stumblebum, tramp, vagabond, vagrant |
| Main Entry: | drifter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wanderer |
| Synonyms: | derelict, hobo, itinerant, nomad, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, rolling stone |
| Main Entry: | nomad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who wanders from place to place |
| Synonyms: | hobo, itinerant, migrant, pilgrim, rover, vagabond, wanderer, wayfarer, rambler, roamer |
| Main Entry: | outcast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unwanted, not accepted |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, gypsy, hobo*, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, reprobate, tramp, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant, wretch, deportee |
| Antonyms: | favorite, friend, idol |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pariah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social outcast |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif, deportee |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ragamuffin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor, tattered |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum*, hobo, loafer, orphan, street person, tramp, urchin, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wastrel, gamin, guttersnipe, scarecrow, tatterdemalion* |
| Antonyms: | sophisticate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | street person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless person |
| Synonyms: | bag lady, beggar, bum, derelict, displaced person, down-and-out, drifter, hobo, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wino, bag person, homeless person, shopping-bag lady, shopping-bag person |
| Main Entry: | traveler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who journeys |
| Synonyms: | adventurer, bum*, commuter, displaced person, drifter, explorer, gadabout*, globetrotter, gypsy, hobo, itinerant, migrant, navigator, nomad, passenger, peddler, pilgrim, rover, sailor, seafarer, sightseer, tourist, tramp, truant, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wayfarer, barnstormer, excursionist, expeditionist, floater, haj, hiker, jet-setter, journeyer, junketer, rambler, roamer, transmigrant, trekker, tripper, trouper, voyager |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wayfarer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traveler |
| Synonyms: | adventurer, bum*, drifter, explorer, gadabout*, gypsy, hobo, itinerant, nomad, peddler, pilgrim, rover, vagabond, vagrant, walker, wanderer, barnstormer, excursionist, globe-trotter, hiker, hitchhiker, journeyer, rambler, roamer, trekker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wino |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drunk |
| Synonyms: | alcoholic, boozer*, bum*, drinker, drunkard, hobo, inebriate, lush*, sponge*, carouser, dipsomaniac, guzzler, sot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bag lady |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless woman |
| Synonyms: | bum, hobo, street person, bag person, shopping bag lady, shopping cart lady |
| Main Entry: | shoulder bag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | women's carryall with shoulder strap |
| Synonyms: | handbag, hobo, pocketbook, purse, sling, tote bag, reticule, tote |
| Main Entry: | beggar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person asking for charity |
| Synonyms: | bum, deadbeat, hobo, mendicant, panhandler, tramp, vagabond, asker, borrower, rustler, scrounger, supplicant, supplicator |
| Main Entry: | tramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor, desperate |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, derelict, down-and-out*, drifter, hobo, loafer, outcast, panhandler, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, floater, hitchhiker, homeless person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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