beggars
Those seeking alms
Beggars is the plural of beggar—people who ask others for money or food, typically on the street.
The proverb beggars can't be choosers means those in need must accept what's offered.
As a verb, beggars means to impoverish or exhaust: The cost beggars the imagination.
It beggars belief means something is too extraordinary to accept.
Without a dwelling
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- pennilessCompletely without money
needy · destitute · panhandler · down-and-out · dispossessed · hand-to-mouth · mendicant · rough sleeper
Voluntary aid for others
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
pity · sympathy · benevolence · philanthropy · donation · giving · goodwill · humanitarianism
Soliciting money from strangers
- almsGifts to the destitute
- handoutFree distribution to recipients
- spare changeExtra coins on hand
- cupSmall drinking container
sign · pleading · entreaty · supplication · petition · appeal · imploring · beseeching
Severe lack of resources
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
privation · squalor · misery · want · lack · struggle · desperation · adversity
Pertaining to cities
- alleywayNarrow urban passage
- doorwayPassage into a room
- underpassRoad passing below another
- grittyCoarse or courageous
cityscape · pavement · sidewalk · nightfall · disheveled · tattered · cardboard · sleeping bag
Those who pick
- beliefTrust held as true
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
- aphorismTerse general truth
- adageTraditional pithy truth
saying · maxim · wisdom · moral · truism · idiom · expression · folk wisdom
homeless
Without a dwelling
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
penniless · needy · destitute · panhandler · down-and-out · dispossessed · hand-to-mouth · mendicant · rough sleeper · street dweller
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
mercy · pity · sympathy · benevolence · philanthropy · donation · giving · goodwill · humanitarianism · compassion
panhandling
Soliciting money from strangers
- almsGifts to the destitute
- handoutFree distribution to recipients
- spare changeExtra coins on hand
cup · sign · pleading · entreaty · supplication · petition · appeal · imploring · beseeching · asking
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
deprivation · privation · squalor · misery · want · lack · struggle · desperation · adversity · plight
urban
Pertaining to cities
gritty · cityscape · pavement · sidewalk · nightfall · disheveled · tattered · cardboard · sleeping bag · blanket
choosers
Those who pick
- beliefTrust held as true
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
- aphorismTerse general truth
adage · saying · maxim · wisdom · moral · truism · idiom · expression · folk wisdom · lesson
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
- underclasspoor, pauper, peasant, homeless, serf
- urban settingscity streets, cityscape, city life, metropolis, urban settings
- Victorian LondonLondon, Thames, Big Ben, Westminster, East End
- asceticsascetic, ascetics, hermit, hermits, recluse
- commonerscommoner, commoners, peasant, peasants, common people
beggarsmillionaires
People worth seven figures
billionaires · the rich · plutocrats · tycoons · magnates
beggarsdonors
People who give gifts
givers · benefactors · philanthropists · almsgivers · patrons
beggarskings
Male hereditary rulers
rulers · masters · potentates · sovereigns · overlords
- beggars beliefExceeds rational acceptance
- Beggars Banquet1968 rock album
beggar, beggarly, beggary, beggared, beggaring, beggarwoman, beggarman, beggar's