Definition for Unemployed:

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

Synonyms for Unemployed:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • unemployed.
  •dead (adjective)
  • sterile,
  • wearied,
  • inoperable.
  •free (adjective)
  • freest,
  • unhampered,
  • not tied down,
  • unengaged.
  •idle (adjective)
  • inert,
  • Resting,
  • most laid off,
  • most mothballed,
  • jobless,
  • more laid off,
  • on the shelf,
  • on the bench,
  • idler.
  •out of work (adjective)
  • collecting unemployment,
  • out of a job,
  • out of job.
  •unoccupied (adjective)
  • more loitering,
  • un occupied,
  • un-occupied,
  • most loitering.
  •vacant (adjective)
  • de void,
  • un-filled,
  • un-tenanted,
  • un-taken,
  • more untaken,
  • most untaken,
  • Untaken,
  • most tenantless,
  • de-void,
  • more tenantless,
  • un tenanted,
  • un taken,
  • most untenanted,
  • more untenanted,
  • un filled,
  • unfilled.
  •without a job (adjective)
  • leisured,
  • underemployed,
  • Disengaged,
  • laid off,
  • on layoff,
  • closed down,
  • unapplied,
  • out of action,
  • Unexercised,
  • down.

• n.

  •
  • bloodbath,
  • sign on,
  • redundant,
  • job seeker,
  • poverty trap,
  • employment agency,
  • social exclusion.
  •
  • used.
  •
  • engaged.
  •at leisure (noun)
  • at leisure.
  •discharged (noun)
  • discharged.
  •dismissed (noun)
  • dismissed.
  •fired (noun)
  • fired.
  •group (noun)
  • unemployed people.
  •out of work (noun)
  • in the bread lines,
  • at liberty,
  • receiving charity,
  • without gainful employment,
  • loafing,
  • work,
  • between jobs,
  • on the dole.
  •pink-slipped (noun)
  • pink-slipped.
  •unemployed (noun)
  • laid-off,
  • idle.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unused.
  •
  • vagrant.
  •
  • off.
  •at liberty
  • duty.
  •employed
  • retained.
  •out of work
  • Workless.

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.

Unemployed Sentence Examples:

• " It ain't to be done - not with all the unemployed there is about," said Mr. Beale.

• Amongst these some become clear from the mere clearing up of the meaning of words such as " the unemployed."

Hyponym for Unemployed:

• n.

  • group
    people.