| NOUN | person | beggar, mendicant | a pauper who lives by begging |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | stative | beggar | be beyond the resources of |
| possession | beggar, pauperize, pauperise | reduce to beggary |
| Sounds | beh'ger | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | agar ... younger: 63 rhymes with ger... | |
| Meaning | A pauper who lives by begging. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | mendicant | |
| Instances | Lazarus | The diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar |
| Narrower | beggarman | A man who is a beggar |
| beggarwoman | A woman who is a beggar | |
| moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger | someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) | |
| panhandler | A beggar who approaches strangers asking for money | |
| sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi | A Hindu religious mendicant | |
| Broader | pauper | A person who is very poor |
| Spanish | mendicante, mendigo | |
| Catalan | captaire, demanaire, mendicant, pidolaire | |
| Adjectives | beggarly | marked by poverty befitting a beggar |
| Verbs | beggar | reduce to beggary |
| Meaning | Be beyond the resources of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This beggars description!" | |
| Broader | defy, resist, refuse | elude, especially in a baffling way |
| Meaning | Reduce to beggary. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | pauperize, pauperise | |
| Broader | impoverish | make poor |
| Spanish | depauperar, empobrecer | |
| Catalan | depauperar | |
| Nouns | beggar | a pauper who lives by begging |
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