jobless
Seeking employment currently
Jobless means without a job, synonymous with unemployed.
It appears frequently in economic contexts: jobless claims, the jobless rate.
As a noun, the jobless refers collectively to unemployed people: Programs to help the jobless find work.
Without a job
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- out-of-workWithout a job
- furloughedGranted mandatory unpaid leave
- redundantExceeding what's needed
downsized · underemployed · workless · displaced · dismissed · retrenched · nonworking · terminated
Labored effort against resistance
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
desperation · hopelessness · survival · deprivation · poverty · debt · insolvency · homelessness
Termination pay or disconnection
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- doleState benefit payments
assistance · compensation · insurance · payout · claim · eligibility · entitlement · support
Without activity or purpose
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- aimlessHaving no direction
- driftingMoving without purpose
unoccupied · restless · stagnant · purposeless · directionless · waiting · limbo · monotony
Managing under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
adaptation · determination · networking · retraining · upskilling · interviewing · applying · bootstrapping
unemployed
Without a job
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- out-of-workWithout a job
- furloughedGranted mandatory unpaid leave
redundant · downsized · underemployed · workless · displaced · dismissed · retrenched · nonworking · terminated · sacked
struggle
Labored effort against resistance
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
uncertainty · desperation · hopelessness · survival · deprivation · poverty · debt · insolvency · homelessness · scarcity
severance
Termination pay or disconnection
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- welfareComfort and prosperity
dole · assistance · compensation · insurance · payout · claim · eligibility · entitlement · support · stipend
idle
Without activity or purpose
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- aimlessHaving no direction
drifting · unoccupied · restless · stagnant · purposeless · directionless · waiting · limbo · monotony · emptiness
coping
Managing under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
perseverance · adaptation · determination · networking · retraining · upskilling · interviewing · applying · bootstrapping · reinvention
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, unemployment rate, laid off, out of work
- job transitionunemployed, laid off, career change, interviewing, resume
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated
- aid recipientsfood stamp users, Medicare recipients, social security recipients, scholarship holders, charity cases
- negative adjectivesawful, bad, cruel, dumb, evil
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
joblessemployed
Having paid work
working · self-employed · hired · salaried · contracted
joblessbusy
Actively occupied with tasks
occupied · engaged · active · productive · industrious
- jobless benefitsAid for terminated workers
- jobless rateProportion without employment
- jobless claimsRequests for unemployment benefits