unemployed - Similar and Opposite Words

What is another word for unemployed ?

Here are the synonyms for unemployed , a list of similar words for unemployed from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

Synonyms

• unemployed
• unemployed people

More generic

• people

Adjective

not engaged in a gainful occupation

Synonyms

• unemployed

Related

• discharged
• dismissed
• fired
• idle
• jobless
• laid-off
• out of work
• pink-slipped

Opposite / Antonyms

• employed

Also See

• idle

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