MENDICANCY Synonyms
6 hypernyms for mendicancy. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for MENDICANCY
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| begging | verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj | |||||
noun • a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | ||||||
| mendicity | noun n | |||||
noun • the state of being a beggar or mendicant | ||||||
| alms | noun n | |||||
noun • money or goods contributed to the poor | ||||||
| destitution | noun n | |||||
noun • a state without friends or money or prospects | ||||||
| poverty | noun n | |||||
noun • the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | ||||||
| vagrancy | noun n | |||||
noun • the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood | ||||||
| panhandling | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area • the handle of a pan verb • beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money | ||||||
| beggary | noun n | |||||
noun • a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) • the state of being a beggar or mendicant | ||||||