Synonyms for beggar
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pauper — A person suffering from extreme poverty
2. Mendicant — A person who begs
mendicant, panhandler, schnorrer, truant dated, spanger slang US
3. Rascal — A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel
Other
supplicant, suitor, petitioner, suppliant, starveling, cadger, mumper slang dated UK, almsman dated, almswoman dated
Verb
1. Poor — to make a beggar of someone; impoverish
destitute, impoverish, ruin, pauperize, pauperise UK, poor rare, depauperate dated, empoverish dated, embeggar dated rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who begs.
- n. 2
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
- n. 3
A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
What does that silly beggar think he's doing?
- v. 1
To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
Related words
- Phrases
- beggar's ticks sturdy beggar beggar belief beggar description beggar off
- Is a kind of
- person
Example sentences
- pauper An egg to a pauper is like a bull to a rich man.
- vagabond The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.
- indigent Being indigent is a misfortune, not a crime.
- mendicant Tom gave three dollars to a mendicant.
- panhandler Yanni gave some change to a panhandler.
By length
- 3 letters
- bum1
- 4 letters
- poor1, ruin2
- 5 letters
- devil2, tramp1
- 6 letters
- rascal2, suitor2, pauper2, truant2, cadger, mumper2
- 7 letters
- vagrant2, spanger, almsman
- 8 letters
- bankrupt2, vagabond3, indigent3, paillard, embeggar
- 9 letters
- destitute3, insolvent3, mendicant, suppliant, schnorrer, almswoman, pauperize, pauperise
- 10 letters
- petitioner4, supplicant3, impoverish3, panhandler3, starveling, scapegrace, empoverish
- 11 letters
- depauperate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gueux
- Italiano
- mendicante
- Español
- mendigo
- Deutsch
- Bettler