Synonyms for mendicancy

Most common

poverty · begging · penury · beggary · mendicity

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The act or state of being a mendicant

Forms

Plural

mendicancies → poverties, beggaries, beggings, penuries…

Example sentences

• poverty The issue of Third World poverty is very pressing.
• begging Yanni and Skura were both begging for forgiveness.
• penury Can Tebboune lead Algeria from penury to prosperity?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

penury³

7 letters

poverty³, begging², beggary

9 letters

indigence, pauperism, mendicity

11 letters

destitution⁴

13 letters

moneylessness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (penury³ = 3 syllables).