rough sleeper
Outdoors without shelter
A rough sleeper is a person who sleeps outdoors because they have no home—on streets, in parks, under bridges.
The term is primarily British and emphasizes the act of sleeping rough rather than the broader condition of homelessness: The charity provides hot meals for rough sleepers.
Someone sleeping rough may or may not be chronically homeless.
Having no overhead protection
- shelterlessHaving no protection overhead
- street dwellerOne living outdoors permanently
- displacedShifted from proper location
- destituteUtterly without means
impoverished · down-and-out · poverty-stricken · dispossessed · indigent · squatter · survival · street life
Aimless, rootless traveler
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
- nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
- wandererRootless, roving person
- itinerantMoving for work
transient · rootless · migrant · roaming · moving · temporary · unstable · belongings
Hard road covering
- park benchOutdoor communal seat
- alleywayNarrow urban passage
- underpassRoad passing below another
- doorwayPassage into a room
subway · cardboard · blanket · urban · sidewalk · shop front · bus station · encampment
unsheltered
Having no overhead protection
- shelterlessHaving no protection overhead
- street dwellerOne living outdoors permanently
- displacedShifted from proper location
destitute · impoverished · down-and-out · poverty-stricken · dispossessed · indigent · squatter · survival · street life · cardboard shelter
drifter
Aimless, rootless traveler
itinerant · transient · rootless · migrant · roaming · moving · temporary · unstable · belongings · possessions
pavement
Hard road covering
- park benchOutdoor communal seat
- alleywayNarrow urban passage
- underpassRoad passing below another
doorway · subway · cardboard · blanket · urban · sidewalk · shop front · bus station · encampment · tent city
elements
Fundamental parts or substances
hypothermia · rain · damp · night · winter · harsh · survival · vulnerability · danger · health risks
rough sleeperhomeowner
Property title holder
householder · resident · property owner · tenant · leaseholder
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