What is another word for unemployed?
242 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ʌnɛmplˈɔ͡ɪd], [ ʌnɛmplˈɔɪd], [ ʌ_n_ɛ_m_p_l_ˈɔɪ_d]Table of Contents
Similar words for unemployed:- all (adjective)
- dead (adjective)
- free (adjective)
- idle (adjective)
- inactive (adjective)
- leisurely (adjective)
- unoccupied (adjective)
- vacant (adjective)
- without a job (adjective)
- at leisure (noun)
- discharged (noun)
- dismissed (noun)
- fired (noun)
- group (noun)
- laid-off (noun)
- out of work (noun)
- other synonyms
- at liberty
- employed
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Unemployed:
adj.
•all (adjective) •dead (adjective) •free (adjective) •idle (adjective)- inert,
- Resting,
- most laid off,
- most mothballed,
- jobless,
- more laid off,
- on the shelf,
- on the bench,
- idler.
- lethargic,
- idle,
- in holding pattern,
- motionless,
- sedentary,
- indolent,
- out of service,
- out of action,
- stationary,
- dormant,
- unmoving,
- mothballed,
- on hold,
- low key,
- unworking,
- Snail-paced,
- draggy,
- do nothing,
- somnolent,
- sleepy,
- still,
- lifeless.
n.
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- used.
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- engaged.
Other synonyms:
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- unused.
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- vagrant.
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- off.
- duty.
- flower child,
- mint,
- leisure class,
- Unhandled,
- sparely,
- loosely,
- out of a job,
- bum,
- futile,
- inoperative,
- untrodden,
- unbeaten,
- vacuous,
- slothful,
- lazy,
- hippie,
- bummer,
- untapped,
- let go,
- lumpen proletariat,
- reserve,
- stored,
- Unessayed,
- unconsumed,
- at anchor,
- on holiday,
- saved,
- leisured,
- unutilized,
- unemployable,
- BO,
- liberally,
- loafing,
- non-functioning,
- unsettled,
- willingly,
- not required,
- undecided,
- at a standstill,
- sponger,
- gratuitously,
- blank,
- stock-still,
- unspent,
- in abeyance,
- immobile,
- collecting unemployment,
- unmoved,
- out of commission,
- voluntarily,
- tramp,
- on vacation,
- drifting,
- indecisive,
- freeloader,
- out of business,
- useless,
- hobo,
- on the dole,
- parasite,
- Statuelike,
- ineffectual,
- not employed,
- extra,
- lumpen,
- between assignments,
- aimless,
- unapplied,
- empty,
- ungathered,
- in hand,
- passive,
- welfare case,
- pristine,
- vacillating,
- unimportant,
- trifling,
- suspended,
- mendicant,
- otiose,
- pink-slipped,
- idleness,
- at liberty,
- Waived,
- fresh,
- original,
- openly,
- end,
- Disengaged,
- static,
- sluggish,
- void,
- candidly,
- unfilled,
- cadger,
- spiv,
- untouched,
- unemployment,
- foolish,
- clearly,
- unexploited,
- available,
- generously,
- not done,
- Workless,
- purposeless,
- between jobs,
- pauper,
- unrestrainedly,
- put by,
- at,
- Unexercised,
- not busy,
- off work,
- without gainful employment,
- beggar,
- independently,
- adrift,
- silly,
- readily,
- homeless person,
- leisure,
- out of job,
- moocher,
- new,
- held,
- fixed,
- vain,
- fallow,
- gladly,
- nonworker,
- unexpended,
- spare,
- freely,
- ambivalent,
- down,
- lounge lizard,
- drone,
- betwixt and between,
- between engagements,
- on layoff,
- uncommitted,
- panhandler,
- underemployed,
- Moveless,
- unemployed person,
- on the beach,
- undone,
- put aside,
- Unculled.
Paraphrases for Unemployed:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
jobless.
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Proper noun, singular
jobless.
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Noun, plural
jobless.
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Noun, singular or mass
jobless, joblessness.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
non-employed, unoccupied, unemployment, able-bodied, laid-off, inactive, non-performing, idle, employment-related.
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Proper noun, singular
weeks, unemployment.
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Noun, plural
redundancies, workers, Occupations, data, claimants, benefits, uses, individuals, enterprises, men, cases, jobseekers, weeks, unemployment.
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Noun, singular or mass
unemployment.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
losing.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
underemployed.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Unemployed:
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adj.
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all
employed.
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Other antonyms:
diligent, industrious, self-employed, hired.
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all
Hyponym for Unemployed:
n.
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group
people.
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group