He became a hobo.
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Hobo
//ˈhoʊ.boʊ//
Synonyms for "hobo" (148 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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8 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
16 entriesdesires
1 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀλήτης noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Bulgarian
3 entries- бездомник noun (homeless person)
- сезонен работник noun (migratory worker)
- скитник noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Catalan
1 entries- rodamón noun (homeless person)
Dutch
4 entries- dakloze noun (homeless person)
- landloper noun (homeless person)
- leegloper noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- vagebond noun (homeless person)
Finnish
4 entries- kulkuri noun (homeless person)
- pummi noun (homeless person)
- pummi noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- siirtotyöläinen noun (migratory worker)
French
4 entries- clochard noun (homeless person)
- clodo noun (homeless person)
- saisonnier noun (migratory worker)
- vagabond noun (homeless person)
German
2 entries- Obdachloser noun (homeless person)
- Vagabund noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Irish
1 entries- fear siúil noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Italian
2 entries- senzatetto noun (homeless person)
- vagabondo noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Japanese
1 entries- ルンペン noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Latin
2 entries- errō noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- planus noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Macedonian
4 entries- бе́здомник noun (homeless person)
- кло́шар noun (homeless person)
- се́зонски ра́ботник noun (migratory worker)
- ски́тник noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Navajo
2 entries- naʼałjidí noun (homeless person)
- naʼałjidí noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Polish
4 entries- bezdomny noun (homeless person)
- kloszard noun (homeless person)
- robotnik sezonowy noun (migratory worker)
- tramp noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Portuguese
4 entries- mendiga noun (homeless person)
- mendigo noun (homeless person)
- sazonal noun (migratory worker)
- vagabunda noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Romanian
4 entries- boschetar noun (homeless person)
- derbedeu noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- hoinar noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- sezonier noun (migratory worker)
Russian
3 entries- бездо́мный noun (homeless person)
- бомж noun (homeless person)
- бродяга noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Spanish
4 entries- atorrante noun (homeless person)
- atorrante noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- bichicome (despective) noun (homeless person)
- guitón noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Swedish
2 entries- luffare noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- vagabond noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Tagalog
1 entries- bayabay noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Thai
4 entries- คนจรจัด noun (homeless person)
- คนจรจัด noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- คนพเนจร noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
- คนเร่ร่อน noun (tramp, vagabond; bum)
Turkish
1 entries- evsiz barksız noun (homeless person)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom became a hobo.
Source: tatoeba (5757971)
Sami looked like a hobo.
Source: tatoeba (7146463)
Sami was a hobo.
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