Beggar Synonyms and Antonyms

bĕgər
An impoverished person
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. indigent
  2. pauper
  3. down-and-outer
  4. poor person
  5. down-and-out
  6. poverty-stricken person
  7. destitute person
  8. bag-lady
  9. street person
  10. homeless person
  11. shopping-bag lady
  12. dependent
  13. derelict
  14. have-not
  15. poor-relation
  16. ward of the state
  17. bankrupt
  18. starveling
  19. bum
  20. supplicator
Antonyms:
  1. financier
  2. millionaire
  3. landed proprietor
A rascal
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scamp
  2. prayer
  3. suitor
  4. fellow
  5. suppliant
  6. scoundrel
  7. supplicant
Antonyms:
  1. giver
Reduce to beggary
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pauperize
  2. pauperise

Words Related to Beggar

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Beggar Sentence Examples

  • I met a beggar in Italy at the age of twelve.

  • In that year he made his way back, a beggar without means or clothing, to Prussia.

  • A beggar among the Parsees is unknown, and would be a scandal to the society.

  • But long before the advent of Buddhism, the hermit, or wandering beggar, was a familiar figure in India.

  • The society also maintained Beggar Colonies for the compulsory detention of persons committing the offence of begging.

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