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Synonyms for pauper

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who is extremely poor.

Related words

Word family
pauperism pauperize
Phrases
pauper's funeral pauper's grave
Is a kind of
person

Forms

Plural
paupers → beggars, indigents, mendicants, bankrupts…

Example sentences

  • bankrupt Can Algeria really go bankrupt? It's very unlikely.
  • beggar You don't need language to understand the beggar.
  • indigent Being indigent is a misfortune, not a crime.
  • mendicant Tom gave three dollars to a mendicant.
  • insolvent When it comes to the crunch, our company will become insolvent.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
paupersteady
bankruptfalling
beggarrising
indigentfalling
mendicantrising

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

By length

6 letters
beggar2
8 letters
bankrupt2, indigent3
9 letters
insolvent3, mendicant
10 letters
starveling

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beggar2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
indigent
Deutsch
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