Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "beggar" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

donor man rich rich man wealthy wealthy man

Typical Location

street

Capable Of

beg cup hands need clothes

Derived Terms

Bedlam beggar beggar belief beggar description beggar off beggar the question beggar thy neighbor beggar's-lice beggar-my-neighbor beggar-my-neighbour beggar-thy-neighbor beggar-ticks beggardom beggarer beggaress beggarhood beggarism beggarlike beggarliness beggarly beggarman beggars can't be choosers beggarsome beggartick beggarware beggarweed beggarwise beggarwoman beggary buckle-beggar couple-beggar cyberbeggar e-beggar if wishes were horses, beggars would ride kill-the-beggar play silly beggars put the beggar on the gentleman scare-beggar set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil sturdy beggar swamp beggar-ticks

Derived From

beg

Etymologically Related To

ard

Context

affectionate

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

defy impoverish pauper person refuse resist

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Abraham man Bedlam beggar God's minstrel Poor Tom Tom of Bedlam Tom of Bedlam's man autem mort cyberbeggar palliard walleteer

Type Of (IsA)

pauper

Manner Of

defy impoverish

Related Terms

pauper scrounger set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil vagabond

Related Terms

areas asking asking money beg begging begging person bum charity charity asking dirt exhaust homeless impoverish man mean money outdo panhandler pauper person person poor pleader poor poor areas poor man poor person poverty scoundrel streets very very poor wretched

Synonym Network

mendicant palliard ruin

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