Synonyms of pauper

pauper

noun

as in beggar

old-fashioned a very poor person who has no money to pay for food, clothing, etc.

a story about a rich man and a pauper who switch places

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beggar
• indigent
• have-not
• down-and-out
• down-and-outer
• hobo
• tramp
• vagabond
• drifter
• mendicant
• transient
• panhandler
• waif
• roamer
• urchin
• ragamuffin
• ne'er-do-well
• insolvent
• bankrupt
• almsman
• gamine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• affluent
• plutocrat
• millionaire
• moneybags
• deep pocket
• billionaire
• fat cat
• have
• millionairess
• magnate
• tycoon
• success
• nabob
• gazillionaire
• moneymaker
• billionairess

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of pauper

The currency devaluation caused those imports — already expensive because of high tariffs — to explode in price. Nigerians can become paupers almost overnight. —Ismail Auwal Taiwo Aina, New York Times, 11 June 2024

Kirby was buried a few days later in a pauper’s grave. —Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024

During Victorian times, paupers in workhouses who became ill could be cared for only by other destitute workhouse residents. —Melissa Pritchard, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024

After his body went unclaimed for months, the Hinds County coroner’s office had Wade buried in a pauper’s field on the grounds of the county jail work farm, his grave marked only by a number. —Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024