BEGGAR Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word beggar. (close relations)
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| mendicant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms • a pauper who lives by begging adjective satellite • practicing beggary | ||||||
| panhandler | nounn | |||||
noun • a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money | ||||||
| pauper | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who is very poor | ||||||
| vagabond | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support adjective satellite • wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community • continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another verb • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | ||||||
| derelict | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a person without a home, job, or property • a ship abandoned on the high seas adjective satellite • worn and broken down by hard use • forsaken by owner or inhabitants • failing in what duty requires • in deplorable condition | ||||||
| drifter | nounn | |||||
noun • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | ||||||
| hobo | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a vagrant • a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places | ||||||
| indigent | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others | ||||||
| vagrant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support adjective satellite • continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | ||||||
| street person | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who sleeps in any convenient place | ||||||
| pauperise | verbv | |||||
verb • reduce to beggary | ||||||
| pauperize | verbv | |||||
verb • reduce to beggary | ||||||
| ruin | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction • a ruined building • the process of becoming dilapidated • an event that results in destruction • failure that results in a loss of position or reputation • destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined verb • destroy completely; damage irreparably • destroy or cause to fail • reduce to bankruptcy • reduce to ruins • deprive of virginity • fall into ruin | ||||||
| schnorrer | nounn | |||||
noun • (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others | ||||||
| truant | nounn | |||||
noun • one who is absent from school without permission • someone who shirks duty adjective satellite • absent without permission | ||||||
| palliard | nounn | |||||
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