Definition for Unemployed:

• not engaged in a gainful occupation; " unemployed workers marched on the capital"

Synonyms for Unemployed:

• adj.

  •free (adjective)
  • unengaged,
  • at leisure.
  •inactive (adjective)
  • indolent,
  • still,
  • dormant,
  • Snail-paced,
  • lethargic,
  • sleepy,
  • sedentary,
  • lifeless,
  • stationary,
  • unmoving,
  • unworking,
  • idle,
  • motionless,
  • jobless,
  • out of action.
  •leisurely (adjective)
  • deliberate,
  • leisurely,
  • retired,
  • unhurried,
  • easy,
  • restful,
  • relaxing,
  • at loose ends,
  • convenient.

• n.

  •
  • redundant,
  • bloodbath.
  •
  • used.
  •group (noun)
  • unemployed people.
  •out of work (noun)
  • work.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unused.
  •
  • off.
  •at liberty
  • duty.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fallow,
  • ineffectual,
  • cadger,
  • panhandler,
  • lumpen proletariat,
  • indecisive,
  • clearly,
  • out of commission,
  • discharged,
  • Moveless,
  • fresh,
  • ambivalent,
  • Disengaged,
  • ungathered,
  • off work,
  • fired,
  • unconsumed,
  • leisure class,
  • inert,
  • immobile,
  • vacuous,
  • unapplied,
  • put aside,
  • at liberty,
  • in abeyance,
  • Unessayed,
  • on the shelf,
  • static,
  • stock-still,
  • on the beach,
  • gratuitously,
  • untapped,
  • welfare case,
  • stored,
  • spiv,
  • not busy,
  • collecting unemployment,
  • not required,
  • readily,
  • put by,
  • extra,
  • loafing,
  • flower child,
  • between jobs,
  • end,
  • loosely,
  • nonworker,
  • generously,
  • unsettled,
  • let go,
  • vacillating,
  • at,
  • laid-off,
  • original,
  • dismissed,
  • tramp,
  • passive,
  • unspent,
  • fixed,
  • leisured,
  • otiose,
  • voluntarily,
  • undecided,
  • trifling,
  • futile,
  • held,
  • hippie,
  • unemployment,
  • unexpended,
  • spare,
  • saved,
  • void,
  • candidly,
  • pristine,
  • blank,
  • useless,
  • bum,
  • gladly,
  • homeless person,
  • betwixt and between,
  • drone,
  • purposeless,
  • on the bench,
  • vain,
  • reserve,
  • out of job,
  • unutilized,
  • suspended,
  • unmoved,
  • sparely,
  • Unexercised,
  • willingly,
  • available,
  • on layoff,
  • out of business,
  • in hand,
  • drifting,
  • BO,
  • lazy,
  • liberally,
  • without gainful employment,
  • unemployable,
  • lounge lizard,
  • non-functioning,
  • parasite,
  • openly,
  • Unculled,
  • Unhandled,
  • lumpen,
  • moocher,
  • pink-slipped,
  • leisure,
  • sluggish,
  • down,
  • Waived,
  • bummer,
  • unfilled,
  • new,
  • unimportant,
  • on vacation,
  • beggar,
  • Workless,
  • untrodden,
  • idleness,
  • not done,
  • unrestrainedly,
  • mendicant,
  • hobo,
  • silly,
  • on holiday,
  • independently,
  • slothful,
  • inoperative,
  • adrift,
  • freely,
  • not employed,
  • mint,
  • Resting,
  • sponger,
  • underemployed,
  • aimless,
  • unexploited,
  • untouched,
  • foolish,
  • unemployed person,
  • freeloader,
  • out of a job,
  • pauper,
  • engaged,
  • Statuelike,
  • undone,
  • at a standstill,
  • unbeaten,
  • on the dole,
  • empty,
  • uncommitted.

Paraphrases for Unemployed:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    jobless.
  • Proper noun, singular
    jobless.
  • Noun, plural
    jobless.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    jobless, joblessness.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    non-employed, unoccupied, unemployment, able-bodied, laid-off, inactive, non-performing, idle, employment-related.
  • Proper noun, singular
    weeks, unemployment.
  • Noun, plural
    redundancies, workers, Occupations, data, claimants, benefits, uses, individuals, enterprises, men, cases, jobseekers, weeks, unemployment.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    unemployment.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    losing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    underemployed.

Antonyms for Unemployed:

• adj.

  • all
    employed.
  • without a job
    active, occupied, working, busy.
  • Other antonyms:
    diligent, industrious, self-employed, hired.

Hyponym for Unemployed:

• n.

  • group
    people.