Thesaurus:beggar

Thesaurus

beggar

English

Noun

Sense: a person who requests the help of someone, often in the form of money

Synonyms

• almsman (obsolete)
• almswoman (obsolete)
• beggar
• cadger
• caird
• clochard
• Lazarus
• mendicant
• mumper (obsolete, UK)
• panhandler
• schnorrer
• spanger
• truant

Hyponyms

• Abraham man (archaic, UK, slang)
• autem mort (archaic, UK, cant)
• Bedlam beggar (archaic, UK, slang)
• cyberbeggar
• God's minstrel (archaic, UK, slang)
• palliard (archaic)
• Poor Tom (archaic, UK, slang)
• Tom of Bedlam (archaic, UK, slang)
• Tom of Bedlam's man (archaic, UK, slang)
• walleteer (archaic)

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil

See also

• vagabond    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pauper    [⇒ thesaurus]
• scrounger    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “767. petitioner” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “804. poverty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “beggar” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• Some synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.