What is another word for hobo?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈə͡ʊbə͡ʊ], [ hˈəʊbəʊ], [ h_ˈəʊ_b_əʊ]
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Similar words for hobo:
- bag lady (noun)
- beggar (noun)
- bum (noun)
- derelict (noun)
- drifter (noun)
- hobo (noun)
- idler (noun)
- nomad (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- outcast (noun)
- pariah (noun)
- ragamuffin (noun)
- shoulder bag (noun)
- street person (noun)
- traveler (noun)
- wayfarer (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Hobo:
n.
• bag lady (noun) • beggar (noun) • bum (noun) • derelict (noun) • drifter (noun) • hobo (noun) • idler (noun)- sloucher,
- sponger,
- idler,
- lounge lizard,
- drone,
- mooch,
- goldbrick,
- lazybones,
- mope,
- dilly-dallyer,
- wastrel,
- freeloader,
- moocher,
- slouch,
- clock watcher,
- lingerer,
- goof-off,
- slacker,
- couch potato,
- good-for-nothing,
- layabout,
- slowpoke,
- loiterer.
- shopping bag lady,
- bum,
- guttersnipes,
- outcast,
- stumblebum,
- gutterpup,
- dawdler,
- rustlers,
- WINO,
- stiffs,
- carouser,
- ragamuffin,
- rustler,
- floaters,
- hobo,
- shoulder bag,
- pariah,
- askers,
- guzzlers,
- Transients,
- bindles,
- scroungers,
- traveler,
- vagrant,
- tramp,
- vagabond,
- roamers,
- hitchhiker,
- roamer,
- globe-trotter,
- reticule,
- stumblebums,
- shopping cart lady,
- dawdlers,
- asker,
- dipsomaniac,
- hitchhikers,
- borrower,
- skidrow bum,
- inebriates,
- rolling stone,
- borrowers,
- derelict,
- scrounger,
- nomad,
- ramblers,
- guzzler,
- carousers,
- floater,
- grifter,
- rambler,
- bag lady,
- drifter,
- loafer,
- Supplicator,
- beggar,
- itinerants,
- dipsomaniacs,
- guttersnipe,
- bindle,
- reticules,
- lushes.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- Peregrinator,
- divagate,
- piker,
- drunkard,
- caitiff,
- beachcomber,
- waifs and strays,
- buttocks,
- base,
- case,
- oddball,
- gad,
- poor devil,
- original,
- globetrotter,
- refugee,
- insolvent,
- puke,
- hind end,
- somnambulist,
- tush,
- fanny,
- swinger,
- budmash,
- indigent,
- hippie,
- drift,
- backside,
- VAG,
- noctambulist,
- Mucker,
- ski bum,
- sad sack,
- gallivant,
- stern,
- saunter,
- flower child,
- Pilgarlic,
- malingerer,
- rump,
- traipse,
- arab,
- straphanger,
- seat,
- dogie,
- bindle-stiff,
- stinker,
- rounder,
- wretch,
- beggarly fellow,
- ass,
- derriere,
- lowlife,
- maverick,
- straggler,
- nut,
- gadabout,
- Ragman,
- zealot,
- bird of passage,
- beach bum,
- Prog,
- butt,
- Losel,
- ramble,
- swagger,
- peripatetic,
- meander,
- can,
- nonconformist,
- no-good,
- skunk,
- rogue,
- prat,
- stroll,
- Street Arab,
- fanatic,
- peregrinate,
- hike,
- range,
- street urchin,
- scum bag,
- rat,
- sojourner,
- explorer,
- Rara Avis,
- Wayfare,
- fugitive,
- Vagabondize,
- Gadling,
- straggle,
- eccentric,
- tatterdemalion,
- Zingaro,
- urchin,
- american vagrant,
- Booly,
- fundament,
- hiker,
- vaurien,
- wander,
- prowl,
- so-and-so,
- backpacker,
- BO,
- truant,
- Swagsman,
- hermit,
- character,
- down-and-outer,
- Scatterling,
- outsider,
- place,
- trecker,
- tramper,
- rotter,
- foundling,
- sundowner,
- trekker,
- tourist,
- alien,
- do-nothing,
- good-for-naught,
- crackpot,
- rove,
- bummer,
- jaunt,
- dero,
- Landloper,
- Schnorrer,
- lone wolf,
- roam,
- adventurer,
- emigrant,
- arse,
- hindquarters,
- shadow,
- stinkpot,
- basis,
- bankrupt,
- mudlark,
- take to the road,
- crank,
- gamine,
- knight of the road,
- stray,
- shack,
- devil,
- traveller,
- excursionist,
- flit,
- hit the road,
- keister,
- welfare case,
- tail end,
- mountaineer,
- runabout,
- bottom,
- gamin,
- solitary,
- loner,
- go about,
- tail,
- Beach comber,
- oddity,
- knock around,
- blighter,
- dosser,
- behind,
- Ragpicker,
- kook,
- palmer,
- lazzarone,
- type,
- crumb,
- natural,
- screwball,
- mendicant order,
- vomit,
- Git,
- pauper,
- have-not,
- Swagman,
- cadger,
- knock about,
- buns,
- nates,
- odd fellow,
- canter,
- homeless person.
How to use "Hobo" in context?
Hobo is a pejorative term for an itinerant worker, especially one who lives in the open and is characterized by poverty and self-reliance. A person who is hobo-like is often called a "bum" or "junkman." The term has been in use in the United States since the 1800s and is believed to derive from the Spanish word "hobito," meaning a vagrant. In modern usage, the term is often seen as derogatory, but it is also used affectionately by some people.
Paraphrases for Hobo:
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Hypernym for Hobo:
n.
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street person, dosser.
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Hyponym for Hobo:
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