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beg·gar
 beggar
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- pronunciation:
- be
g
 r
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one who begs, esp. as a means of survival.
The lady paused in the street to give a coin to a beggar.- synonyms:
- mendicant, panhandler
- similar words:
- derelict, hobo, tramp, vagabond, vagrant
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| definition 2: |
a person in extreme poverty.
These dilapidated shacks were homes to beggars.- synonyms:
- pauper
- similar words:
- bum, hobo, indigent, ragamuffin, tatterdemalion
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| related words: |
wretch |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
beggars, beggaring, beggared |
| definition 1: |
to make poor.
The raids of the invaders had beggared the population of the village.- synonyms:
- impoverish, pauper, pauperize
- similar words:
- bankrupt, break, rain
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| definition 2: |
to cause to seem inadequate.
The view across the mountains beggars description.- similar words:
- exceed, surpass
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