Thesaurus:pauper

Thesaurus

pauper

English

Noun

Sense: poor person

Synonyms

• bankrupt
• beggar    [⇒ thesaurus]
• indigent
• insolvent
• have not
• lack-all
• Lazarus
• pauper
• penny-father

Antonyms

• moneybags    [⇒ thesaurus]
• plutocrat
• tycoon

Hyponyms

• chav    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dole bludger (Aus, NZ, pejorative, slang)
• welfare bum (US, Canada, pejorative, slang)
• welfare parasite (US, derogatory, slang)
• welfare queen (US, Canada, pejorative, slang)

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• vagabond    [⇒ thesaurus] (homeless person)
• beggar    [⇒ thesaurus]
• impoverished    [⇒ thesaurus]
• poverty    [⇒ 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.
• “pauper” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.