poor person

NOUN

beggar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

vagrant

STRONG

bankrupt dependent down-and-out guttersnipe mendicant pauper suppliant

WEAK

alms person indigent poverty-stricken person street person ward of state

NOUN

have-not

Synonyms

STRONG

bankrupt beggar bum dependent down-and-out insolvent lazarus mendicant supplicant

WEAK

almsperson destitute down-and-outer homeless person in the gutter indigent unhoused person

NOUN

moocher

Synonyms

STRONG

bankrupt cadger dependent down-and-out guttersnipe mendicant pauper suppliant vagrant

WEAK

alms person almsman almswoman indigent poverty-stricken person street person ward of state

NOUN

pauper

Synonyms

STRONG

bankrupt beggar bum dependent down-and-out have-not insolvent lazarus mendicant

WEAK

almsperson destitute homeless person in the gutter indigent supplicant unhoused person

Antonyms

WEAK

rich wealthy

Example Sentences

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"I was really concerned about some poor person in the village thinking 'I'm sure I put these out on the line' or 'I had these in the house' and they've vanished," she said.

From BBC • May 1, 2023

“I am a poor person, a poor migrant living here in peace,” he said outside the embassy, where other Nigerians had begun camping, fearing for their safety.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

"In the wealthiest society in the world, we could give every poor person a voucher," McClure said.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2022

You’re absolutely freaking right that you shouldn’t be the example of a “good” poor person because being poor doesn’t define your value as a person.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2022

I felt like a poor person in a tenement building, when someone has died, asking if I might see the body.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

poor person

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