Synonyms for mendicant
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A pauper who lives by begging.
Related words
- Word family
- mendicancy
Forms
- Plural
- mendicants → beggars, paupers, starvelings, friars…
Example sentences
- beggar You don't need language to understand the beggar.
- pauper An egg to a pauper is like a bull to a rich man.
- begging Yanni and Skura were both begging for forgiveness.
- friar I'm afraid that the friar will be late.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mendicant | rising | |
| beggar | rising | |
| pauper | steady | |
| starveling | steady | |
| begging | rising | |
| friar | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- friar2
- 6 letters
- beggar2, pauper2
- 7 letters
- begging2
- 10 letters
- starveling
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (friar2 = 2 syllables).