hobo

hobo

noun

Definition of HOBO

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living <kind folks who always gave hoboes who came to the farm a meal and then sent them on their way>

Synonyms bindle stiff, bum, bummer, hobo, sundowner [Australian], swaggie [chiefly Australian], swagman [chiefly Australian], vagabond, vagrant

Related Words drifter, roamer, transient; beggar, derelict, mendicant, panhandler, stiff; dodger, malingerer, shirker, slacker; gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif