beggars

Synonyms

panhandle vagrant mendicant hobo freeloader beggary moocher scrounger cadger pauperize mendicity sponger panhandler mendiant pauperise

Antonyms

affluence wealth deep pockets

Phrases with the word

beggars can't be choosers beggars' velvet

Examples

The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air. Mary McCarthy

Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful. Bertrand Russell

So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give. Robert G. Ingersoll

Beggars fear no rebellion. Dutch Proverb

Beggars can't be choosers. English Proverb

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. English Proverb