Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index H homeless: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: home•less Pronunciation: (hōm'lis), [key] — adj. without a home: a homeless child. —n. persons who lack permanent housing. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: homeless (Thesaurus) homeland homelike ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: acronym Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language